Battle of Mantinea

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ancient Greek battle battle

The Battle of Mantinea (362 BC) was a major clash in ancient Greece in which Theban general Epaminondas won a decisive but pyrrhic victory that led to his death and effectively ended Theban hegemony.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Mantinea canonical	2
Battle of Mantineia (362 BC)	1
Second Battle of Mantinea	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Mantinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerentAlliance	Sparta and allies ⓘ Thebes and allies ⓘ
category	4th-century BC conflicts ⓘ Battles involving Sparta ⓘ Battles involving Thebes ⓘ
combatant	Arcadian League NERFINISHED ⓘ Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Agesilaus II NERFINISHED ⓘ Archidamus III NERFINISHED ⓘ Epaminondas NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	fragmentation of Greek alliances ⓘ temporary general peace among Greek city-states ⓘ
date	362 BC ⓘ
era	4th century BC ⓘ
followedBy	power vacuum in mainland Greece ⓘ
geographicalContext	central Peloponnese ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
killedCommander	Epaminondas NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFormationUsed	Theban Sacred Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	concentration of elite Theban troops on the left wing ⓘ use of deep Theban phalanx ⓘ
notableTactic	oblique order attack by Theban left wing ⓘ
outcome	no clear successor to Greek hegemony ⓘ
partOf	Theban–Spartan conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mantinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Greece ⓘ
politicalContext	struggle for hegemony in mainland Greece ⓘ
precededBy	Theban invasion of the Peloponnese (362 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySource	Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica NERFINISHED ⓘ Xenophon’s Hellenica (final sections) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Leuctra NERFINISHED ⓘ Peloponnesian politics in the 4th century BC ⓘ
result	Pyrrhic victory for Thebes ⓘ Theban tactical victory ⓘ death of Epaminondas ⓘ end of Theban hegemony in Greece ⓘ
significance	contributed to conditions for rise of Macedon ⓘ marked the decline of both Theban and Spartan power ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epaminondas → notableFor → Battle of Mantinea ⓘ

Epaminondas → conflict → Battle of Mantinea ⓘ

Mantineia → battleOccurredHere → Battle of Mantinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Mantineia (362 BC)

Battle of Mantinea (362 BCE) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Mantinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of Mantinea