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Epaminodas Biography

Epaminodas (c.418-362 B.C.) A Greek statesman and general. Epaminondas, as commander in chief of the Theban army, defeated the larger Spartan force at Leuctra in 371 B.C., ending the supremacy of Sparta.

Captain Charles King, Famous and Decisive Battles of the World (Philidelphia: J. C. McCurdy, 1884) 94.

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