Thebai (Boiotia)
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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Boiotia.
Establishment
January 849 BC: Thebes is attested since the Mycenean period. It is here considered a polis since the begininning of Classical Antiquity.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states.
1.1.Second Persian invasion of Greece
Was an unsuccesful military campaign waged by Achaemenid King Xerxes I that sought to conquer all of Greece.
January 478 BC: After the defeat of the Greeks at Thermopylae, Thebes and most of Boeotia sided with the Persians during the Persian invasions of 480 and 479. After the battle of Plataea, the victorious Greeks deprived Thebes of its predominance in the league, which was de facto dissolved (nominally, the Boeotian League continued to exist).
Was a war fought between Sparta as leader of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes, against the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos.
January 456 BC: Battle of Tanagra: Thebes enters the Peloponnesian League.
January 549 BC: The Beotian league developed as an alliance of sovereign states in Boeotia about 550 BC, under the leadership of Thebes.
Disestablishment
January 456 BC: Battle of Tanagra: Thebes enters the Peloponnesian League.
Selected Sources
Fine, J.V.A. (1983): The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History, Harvard University Press, p. 674
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 431-432
Kelder, J. (2010). The Kingdom of Mycenae. CDL Press. pp. 3-5
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