Leuctra

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/ ˈluk trə /

noun

a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.

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Nine years after Leuctra he won the Battle of Mantinea, dying on the field.

The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 |Various
Antalcidas continued in favour with Artaxerxes, until the annihilation of Spartan supremacy at Leuctra diminished his influence.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 |Various
After Leuctra, if the point of view is no longer exclusively Spartan, the narrative of events is hardly less incomplete.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 |Various
No fewer than forty small townships were merged in the new city, which was founded immediately after the battle of Leuctra.

Greece |J.A. McClymont

This order was used by the celebrated Epaminondas at the battles of Leuctra and Mantinea.

The Art of War |Baron Henri de Jomini

British Dictionary definitions for leuctra

Leuctra

/ (ˈluːktrə) /

noun

an ancient town in Greece southwest of Thebes in Boeotia: site of a victory of Thebes over Sparta (371 bc), which marked the end of Spartan military supremacy in Greece

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