Boeotian War

Boeotian War
Part of the Theban–Spartan War
Date378–371 BC
Location
Mainland Greece
Result
  • Theban victory
Belligerents
Sparta
Peloponnesian League
Thebes
Boeotian League
Athens
Commanders and leaders
Agesilaus II
Cleombrotus I 
Chabrias
Gorgidas
Pelopidas
Epaminondas

The Boeotian War broke out in 378 BC as the result of a revolt in Thebes against Sparta. The war saw Thebes become dominant in the Greek World at the expense of Sparta. However, by the end of the war Thebes’ greatest leaders, Pelopidas and Epaminondas, were both dead and Thebes power already waning, allowing for the rise of Macedon.