Thebes in 431 B.C.

Thebes — Hegemon · Boeotian League · 431 B.C..

Interactive map of Thebes — a hegemon of the Theban-led Boeotian League in 431 B.C. The hegemon of Boeotia and the dominant land power of central Greece. Founded in legend by Cadmus, Thebes had a long rivalry with Athens dating back to the Persian Wars (when it Medized in 480 BC). After defeating an Athenian army at Coronea in 447 BC, Thebes rebuilt the Boeotian League under its leadership. In 431 BC its surprise night attack on Plataea opened the Peloponnesian War. Explore the map of Thebes within Boeotia on the eve of the Peloponnesian War.