Xenophon, who ends his history with the battle of Mantinea, says of the battle's results: When these things had taken place, the opposite of what all men believed would happen was brought to pass.
Xenofonte, que termina o seu relato coa batalla de Mantinea, fai o seguinte comentario sobre os resultados da batalla: Cando todas estas cousas ocorriran, pasou o contrario do que todos os homes crían que ía pasar.