Yaƙin Leuctra

Yaƙin Leuctra (Tsohon Hellenanci: Λεῦκτρα,   ) an yi yaƙi a ranar 6 ga Yuli 371 BC tsakanin Boeotians karkashin jagorancin Thebans, da Spartans tare da abokansu] a tsakanin rikicin bayan Yaƙin Korintiyawa. An yi yakin ne a kusa da Leuctra, wani ƙauye a Boeotia a cikin yankin Thespiae.Nasarar Theban ta rushe babban tasirin Sparta akan tsibirin Girka, wanda Sparta ta samu tare da nasarar da ta samu a yakin Peloponnesia a zamanin baya.

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A cikin 371 KZ, sabuwar dimokuradiyya da aka kafa ta Thebes ta zabi Boeotarchs huɗu, taken gargajiya na janar na Ƙungiyar Boeotian, don haka suka yi shelar niyyar sake gina ƙungiyar da aka ambata a sama da Sparta ta rushe. A wannan lokacin, Thebes tana da abokin tarayya a Athens, amma Athens ba ta farin ciki da yadda Plataea ta bi da ita ba. [bayyanawa da ake buƙata] Lokacin da ya zo ga rantsuwa don girmama yarjejeniyar, Sparta ta rantse a madadin kanta da abokanta. Lokacin da Epaminondas ya zo gaba, yana neman ya yi rantsuwa a madadin dukan ƙungiyar Boeotian, Spartans sun ki, suna cewa zai iya yin rantsuwa a matsayin wakilin Thebes ko a'a. Wannan Epaminondas ya ki.  (A cewar Xenophon, Thebans sun sanya hannu a matsayin "Thebans", kuma sun nemi washegari su canza sa hannun su zuwa "Boeotians", amma daya daga cikin sarakunan Spartan, Agesilaus II, ba zai yarda da shi ba.)  A cikin wannan, Sparta ta ga damar sake tabbatar da ikonta mai girgiza a tsakiyar Girka. Saboda haka, wani sarki na Spartan, Cleombrotus I, ya yi tafiya zuwa yaƙi daga Phocis. 
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