In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: When a leader of this city was put on trial, he asked that if he was executed, the inscription read that he was being punished for "securing liberty" in a speech that caused his jury to laugh and drop the charges. Pausanias wrote that it built a gigantic lion statue at the site of one of its greatest losses, and the land near this city was called "the dancing floor of Ares." Its greatest power came under leaders such as Pelopidas. This city had a leader slain by Agesilaus II's forces at the Battle of (*) Mantinea. It employed a troop of 150 pairs of male lovers, which was thrashed at the Battle of Chaeronea by Philip II. Under Epaminondas, this city won the Battle of Leuctra against Sparta, and it possessed an elite force called the Sacred Band. For 10 points, name this Greek city mythically founded by Cadmus.
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History