FTP identify this city centered around the Cadmea that shares its name with an ancient Egyptian city.
This city sided with the Persians during their second invasion, sending auxiliaries to the Battle of Plataea, an action for which it was punished afterward. One of these punishments was depriving it of its leadership over the Boeotian League, which it had founded. Later it became an ally of Sparta against Athens, its southern neighbor. At the Battle of Mantinea, its hegemony over Greece was secured by its most talented general, Epimanondas. FTP identify this city centered around the Cadmea that shares its name with an ancient Egyptian city.
This city sided with the Persians during their second invasion, sending auxiliaries to the Battle of Plataea, an action for which it was punished afterward.
{Thebes} or {Thebai}