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| A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 11 | 11 | Browse | Search |
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| Diodorus Siculus, Library | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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457 B.C.When the year ended, in Athens Mnesitheides was archon, and in Rome the consuls elected were Lucius Lucretius and Titus
Veturius Cicurinus. During this year the Thebans, who had been humbled because of their
alliance with Xerxes,During the Persian invasion.
sought a way by which they might recover both their ancient influence and reputation.
Consequently, since all the Boeotians held the Thebans in
disdain and no longer paid any attention to them, the Thebans asked the Lacedaemonians to aid
them in winning for their city the hegemony over all Boeotia; and they promised that in return for this favour they would make war by
themselves upon the Athenians, so that it would no longer be necessary for the Spartans to lead
troops beyond the border of the Peloponnesus.
And the Lacedaemonians [assented], judging
the proposal to be to their advantage and believing that, if Thebes should grow in strength, she would be a kind of counterw