About the same time the Lacedaemonians marched out with all their people to leuctra upon their frontier, opposite to Mount Lycaeum, under the command of Agis, son of Archidamus, without any one knowing their destination, not even the cities that sent the contingents.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides
In course of time, however, this brought about the defiance of Spartan dictation by Thebes and the tremendous check to her power inflicted at the battle of leuctra, by Epaminondas the Theban, whose military skill and tactical originality there overthrew the Spartan military prestige.
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To commemorate their good fortune, the Thebans erected a trophy on the battlefield of leuctra, where their troops had covered themselves with glory.
"The Story of the Greeks"
H. A. Guerber
