The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04

CHAPTER XLVI

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WHEN THEBES WAS SUPREME (368-360 B.C.) 185

Joint work of Epaminondas and Pelopidas, 185. The end of Pelopidas, 189. Battle of Mantinea and death of Epaminondas, 191. Xenophon’s account of how Epaminondas fought, 194. Grote’s estimate of Epaminondas, 196. Confusion following Epaminondas’ fall, 199.