The Battle of Leuctra: How Thebans Toppled Spartan Dominance

🏛️ Explore the ancient battlegrounds of history with #AntiquitiesEngagements! In this episode, we dive into the epic clash that toppled Spartan dominance: the #BattleOfLeuctra.

🛡️ Join us as we unravel the secrets behind General Epaminondas' ingenious strategy and the rise of the Theban Sacred Band. Witness the battlefield unfold as Spartan might clashes with Theban resilience, forever altering the course of ancient Greece.

🌍 Discover how this battle's legacy reshaped military tactics and discipline in the ancient world. From Spartan dominance to Theban ascendancy, it's a story of triumph against the odds.

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[stylianoschatzichronis]

Hello, from a guy grown in Thebes. Nice video

[historycommander]

Apologies for the sound levels still finding a good software. Recommendations are welcome!

[restitvtororbis]

You mentioned Philip II of Macedon taking inspiration from the innovations of Epaminondas, but i think it's important to stress just how close he was to these innovations as they were taking shape. Philip would spend several years as a 'guest' (political hostage) in Thebes starting 2 or 3 years after Leuctra, and was being politically and militarily mentored by Epaminondas himself, so Philip wasn't just inspired by seeing these reforms, he was taught the rationale, process, logistics etc of these reforms inside and out by the man who created them barely 5 years before. Philip was able to hit the ground running the moment his rule in Macedon was secured, and he was able to largely skip over the hoplite innovations that had won at Leuctra (Macedon wasn't famous for quality hoplite armies anyway) and instead of teaching new tactics to veteran hoplites like Thebes, Philip was able to raise entirely new types of soldiers with a 16-18 foot spear (sarissa) and a doctrine that would crush armies across the known world for the next 150 or so years. I say all this because it's very possible that this might all be the legacy of Epaminondas. It's possible that many of the reforms of Philip were those that Epaminondas had planned for Thebes before his death.

[ReviveHF]

Frederick the Great studied the tactics used this battle adapted to the linear warfare.

[stuka]

The video gave wrong information regarding the deployment of the Theban Sacred Band. They were in fact deployed right at the vanguard of the massive Theban left flank, not on the right to fend off the peloponesian forces facing it...the video also missed to point out a couple of other crucial details of the battle, mainly how he solved the issue of protecting his much weakened center and right flank.

[pepperspray]

theban lines were called the boxer formation because a boxer doesn't punch with both fists at the same time.