Mantinea
Americannoun
noun
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Alarmed by the sudden growth of Thebes’s power, Athens and Sparta again joined forces and, in 362 BCE, fought the Thebans at the Battle of Mantinea.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He was born about 418 B.C., and killed at the battle of Mantinea, 362 B.C.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
And in addition to this, the exercises of single combat were first invented in Mantinea, Demeas being the original author of the invention.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
In fact, Mantinea and Tegea were in themselves fully as important a check on Sparta in their own valley, and were absolutely necessary to hold the passes northward to Argos, which lay in that direction.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
The Spartans, allied with Elians, Achæans, and Athenians, united at Mantinea, under the command of Agesilaus, now an old man of eighty, but still vigorous and strong.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
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