biography
pronunciation:
[epaminondas]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.418–362 BC)
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| biography:
| Theban general and statesman, whose victory at Leuctra (371 BC) broke the military power of Sparta and made Thebes the most powerful state in Greece. His death at the Battle of Mantinea abruptly brought this supremacy to an end. |
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