The most famous unit from this city, the Sacred Band, was destroyed by the Macedonians at Chaeronea.
In the Byzantine period, this city became renowned for its silk industry, and served as the capital for the Catalan Company. Thucydides has representatives from this city argue that they were not responsible for siding with the Persians because they were then ruled by a tyrant. They secured their hegemony over Greece when Epaminodas lead them to victory over the Sparta at Leuctra in 371 BCE. The most famous unit from this city, the Sacred Band, was destroyed by the Macedonians at Chaeronea. For 10 points, name this Boetian city which ruled Greece before the arrival of Alexander the Great and was the setting for the myths of Cadmus, Polyneices, and Oedipus.
In the Byzantine period, this city became renowned for its silk industry, and served as the capital for the Catalan Company.
Thebes