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Mantinea

also: Mantinea, Mantineam

A city of Arcadia in the Peloponnese, site of the battle of 362 BC where the Theban general Epaminondas defeated the Spartans but was mortally wounded. Cicero recalls the scene of his death in De Finibus 2.97.

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Mentioned in 2 works (2 total)

Ad Familiares 5.12 letters · 1 mention
On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 1 mention

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