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Added information on a second battle with the same name
The '''Battle of Mantinea''' in 418 B.C. was part of the [[Second Peloponnesian War]] between the [[Greek]] [[city states]] of [[Athens]] and [[Sparta]] and their allies. The Spartan King [[Agis]] invaded the allies of Athens [[Argos]] and [[Matinea]]. Athens sent a small force to assist, but the allied army was badly beaten by the Spartans. This, the largest land battle of the war, took place when the opposing forces were nominally at peace. Sparta had restored itself to unquestioned hegemony of the Peloponnesus.
The '''Battle of Mantinea''' in 418 B.C. was part of the [[Second Peloponnesian War]] between the [[Greek]] [[city states]] of [[Athens]] and [[Sparta]] and their allies. The Spartan King [[Agis]] invaded the allies of Athens [[Argos]] and [[Matinea]]. Athens sent a small force to assist, but the allied army was badly beaten by the Spartans. This, the largest land battle of the war, took place when the opposing forces were nominally at peace. Sparta had restored itself to unquestioned hegemony of the Peloponnesus.
The '''Battle of Mantinea''' in 362 B.C. fought as part of an effort by [[Sparta]] and [[Athens]] to stop the growing power of [[Thebes]] after their defeat of Sparta at the [[Battle of Leuctra]] in 371 B.C. Each army numbered about 25,000 men, with [[Epaminondas]] the great leader of Thebes once again overwhelming his enemies with a similar tactic that he used at Leuctra. Unfortunately, he was killed in the moment of victory.
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