Epameinondas the Great

Epameinondas the Great

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Cite this item: Braithwaite-Westoby, K. (2020). Epameinondas the Great (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10030

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Epameinondas the great Theban general and politician (c. 318/312-362 B.C.) deserves credit for crippling the might of Sparta, founding the independent polis of Messenia and advancing the Boeotian League to the foremost position of power in all of Greece. It is then rather surprising that not a… Read more

Date: 2020

Advisor: Wheatley, Pat; McConnell , Sean

Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Discipline: Classics

Publisher: University of Otago

Keywords: Epameinondas; Epaminondas; Greek History; Military History; Thebes; Boeotia; Fourth century BC; Theban Hegemony

Research Type: Thesis

Languages: English