| 11. | In response, Epaminondas said that his victory at Leuctra was a daughter destined to live forever.
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| 12. | At the decisive Battle of Leuctra ( 371 BC ), the Thebans routed the allied army.
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| 13. | But they still sent a contingent to fight against the Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra in 371.
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| 14. | Consequently, Athens did not welcome the Theban victory at Leuctra, fearing the rising aggressiveness of Thebes.
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| 15. | However, with the defeat at Leuctra, the Peloponnesian allies were less inclined to bow to Spartan demands.
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| 16. | The battle took place in the neighbourhood of Leuctra, a village in Boeotia in the territory of Thespiae.
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| 17. | The city was destroyed in 373 BC, two years before the Battle of Leuctra, during a winter night.
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| 18. | Subsequently, discontent with Spartan hegemony led to the Corinthian War and the defeat of Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra.
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| 19. | Sparta entered its long-term decline after a severe military defeat to Epaminondas of Thebes at the Battle of Leuctra.
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| 20. | Sparta entered its long-term decline after a severe military defeat by Epaminondas of Thebes at the Battle of Leuctra.
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