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The Siege of Mantinea occurred in 385, and
resulted in a victory of the Spartans over the city of Mantinea, which was
defeated and dismembered. On this occasion, Epaminondas, king of the
Thebans, (HE was not king as Thebes had no king) then fighting on the side of
the Spartans, famously rescued his fellow Theban
Pelopidas. Mantinea had
been opposed to the Spartans in the Peloponesian War. As a result, Mantinea
first fell in 417, and it was then destroyed in the siege of 385. However the
Arcadians were able to recover and restored their city after the Battle of Leuctra and the
defeat of Spartan hegemony.
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