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Epaminondas was a Greek general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics called the Theban Hegemony. Wikipedia
Born: Thebes, Greece
Died: 362 BC, Mantineia, Greece
Parents: Polymnis
Battles/wars: Siege of Mantinea; Battle of Leuctra
Rank: Boeotarch
Years of service: 385 and 371-362 BC
It was a centre of Mycenaean power in the Bronze Age (c. 1500–1200 bc). Hostility to Athens led it to side with the Persians in the Persian Wars and with Sparta ...