Definition of Battle of leuctra

1. Noun. Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece.

Exact synonyms: Leuctra
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Leuctra

battle of Bunker Hill
battle of Caporetto
battle of Chattanooga
battle of Chickamauga
battle of Cowpens
battle of Crecy
battle of Cunaxa
battle of Cynoscephalae
battle of Hastings
battle of Hohenlinden
battle of Ipsus
battle of Issus
battle of Ivry
battle of Jutland
battle of Langside
battle of Leuctra
battle of Lule Burgas
battle of Lutzen
battle of Marathon
battle of Marston Moor
battle of Minden
battle of Navarino
battle of Omdurman
battle of Panipat
battle of Pharsalus
battle of Philippi
battle of Pittsburgh Landing
battle of Plataea
battle of Poitiers

Literary usage of Battle of leuctra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"It remained for a Theban newcomer, whom Xenophon does not even mention in his account of the battle of Leuctra, to march into Sparta and prove that her ..."

2. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"JASON OF PHERAE; AND THE BATTLE OF LEUcTRA THE balance of power in Greece had been swayed for a hundred years by the two rivals Sparta and Athens ; and now ..."

3. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"Affairs of GREECE, from the Elevation of THEBES, by the Battle of LEUCTRA, to the failure of the Attempt to extend the THEBAN SUPREMACY over GREECE, ..."

4. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1849)
"FKOM THE END OF THE WAR WITH OLYNTHUS TO THE battle of leuctra. The, Power of Sparta culminating. ... Battle of Leuctra. — Expedition of Archidamus. ..."

5. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"The battle of Leuctra, and beginning of the Theban greatness. J. HE Lacedaemonians were men of great resolution and of much gravity in all their proceedings ..."

6. The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests: From the Earliest by John Gillies (1814)
"Battle of Leuctra. —State of Greece.—Jason of Thessaly.—His Character and Views.—Assassinated in the midst of his Projects. THE emancipation of Thebes gave ..."

7. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest : with by William Smith, George Washington Greene (1863)
"Battle of Leuctra. §3. Its effect throughout Greece. § 4. Jason of Pherae joins the Thebans. 8 5. Progress of Thebes. § 6. Assassination of Jason. § 7. ..."

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