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Leuctra

noun
1.
Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece.  Synonym: battle of Leuctra.





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"Leuctra" Quotes from Famous Books



... this also I did as well as in either of the other studies. I made a thorough recitation. I was required to explain what is meant by an "order of battle," and to illustrate by the battles of Zama, Pharsalia, and Leuctra. ...
— Henry Ossian Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point • Henry Ossian Flipper


Words linked to "Leuctra" :   Greece, pitched battle, Ellas, Hellenic Republic


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