FTP, name this area near Argos, the site of a 418 BC Peloponnesian War battle and the site of the 362 BC battle that saw the death of Epaminondas.
An encounter here began with the breaking of an unpopular four month treaty through a march on Tegea. Aristocles and Hipponoidas were banished for showing cowardice during this battle, where the initial surprise of the attacking forces' being ambushed at the Temple of Heracles wore off as the ensuing hoplite battle was won by the invading Lacedaemonians under Acis II. Boeotian forces led a left wing charge here and stunned Agesilaus II and his allied Spartan and Athenian army in a battle 56 years later, in which, despite repeating the earlier success at the Battle of Leuctra, the Thebans entered a decline from power because their commander fell in battle here. FTP, name this area near Argos, the site of a 418 BC Peloponnesian War battle and the site of the 362 BC battle that saw the death of Epaminondas.
An encounter here began with the breaking of an unpopular four month treaty through a march on Tegea.
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