Thespiae in 431 B.C.

Thespiae — Major Members · Boeotian League · 431 B.C..

Interactive map of Thespiae — a major members of the Theban-led Boeotian League in 431 B.C. A major city on the southern slope of Mt. Helicon. Thespiae had famously sent 700 hoplites to fight beside the Spartans at Thermopylae in 480 BC — all of whom died. Despite its anti-Persian heritage, by 431 BC Thespiae was a member of the Theban-led league. Its anti-Theban faction would later be punished after Delium (424 BC) when Thebes razed its walls. Explore the map of Thespiae within Boeotia on the eve of the Peloponnesian War.