 Once inside, he seized the Cadmeia (the Theban acropolis), and forced the anti-Spartan party to flee the city.Epaminondas, although associated with that faction, was allowed to remain; since "his philosophy made him to be looked down upon as a recluse, and his poverty as impotent".The Spartans installed a puppet government in Thebes, and garrisoned the Cadmeia to ensure the behaviour of the Thebans.