This much-fought-over spot was the site of victories by Demetrius Poliorcetes [pahl-ee-ohr-SEE-teez] in 294 BC and Philipoemen in 207, the latter of which led to Nabis' becoming King of Sparta.
This much-fought-over spot was the site of victories by Demetrius Poliorcetes [pahl-ee-ohr-SEE-teez] in 294 BC and Philipoemen in 207, the latter of which led to Nabis' becoming King of Sparta. It was a traditional rival of Tegea and the home of Diotima in Plato's Symposium. In 418 BC, its citizens sided with the Argives and Athenians against Sparta and were among the losers the largest hoplite engagement of the Peloponnesian War. The second and most famous battle there hurt both sides, since the losers were never again a first-class military power, and the winners lost their best general. FTP, name this city-state of Arcadia where, in 362 BC, the Theban general Epaminondas died while defeating Sparta at Leuctra.
This much-fought-over spot was the site of victories by Demetrius Poliorcetes [pahl-ee-ohr-SEE-teez] in 294 BC and Philipoemen in 207, the latter of which led to Nabis' becoming King of Sparta.
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