Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 37.617, 22.393 · 22 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 421 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Fearing Sparta, Mantinea is the first to join Argos |
| 420 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | The Mantineans led their whole army, together with the allies, against the Spartan forces. |
| 418 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Near the temple of Heracles, Agis plunders Mantinean territory and diverts the water to draw the enemy onto the plain |
| 418 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The battle of Mantinea begins: the Argive side charges in haste, while the Spartans advance slowly to the sound of flutes |
| 418 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Spartan left collapses, but the Spartans in the center crush the old Argive troops, the Athenians and others |
| 418 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Sparta wins, sets up a trophy and buries its dead at Tegea (about 300 Spartans killed; on the other side 700 from Argos, Orneae and Cleonae, 200 Mantineans, and 200 Athenians and Aeginetans together) |
| 385 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Sparta plundered Mantinea, and its people held out through the whole summer. |
| 385 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Sparta demands that Mantinea tear down its walls; when refused, an expedition under Agesipolis marches against it. |
| 385 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Agesipolis digs a ditch around the city and dams the river, soaking the foundations of the wall until it collapses; he forces Mantinea to dissolve into four villages. |
| 370 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Mantinea decides to unite the city into one again and rebuild its walls; Agesilaus protests, but is rejected. |
| 370 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Agesilaus encamps twenty stadia in front of Mantinea and stays three days, then withdraws to Eutaea. |
| 362 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Battle of Mantinea: after a long stalemate, Epaminondas … |
| 362 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Epaminondas falls in the battle near Mantinea |
| 362 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Epaminondas, learning in Sparta that Arcadian reinforcements have arrived, turns back and marches to Tegea. |
| 362 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Athenian cavalry from Eleusis fights the Theban cavalry outside the walls of Mantinea, protecting property outside the city. |
| 362 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | On the plain of Mantinea, Epaminondas deploys his lines, then feigns laying down arms at the foot of the mountain, and charges in the shape of a trireme's ram. He himself falls, but the outcome of the battle remains unclear. |
| 362 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | After the battle neither side gained territory, cities, or power, and Greece became more confused than before. |
| 226 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Invited by the Mantineans, he enters at night and drives out the Achaean garrison |
| 223 BC | Polybius, Histories | Antigonus' treatment of Mantinea (after its people left the alliance and joined Cleomenes) |
| 207 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | He defeats the Spartan tyrant Machanidas at the battle of Mantinea |
| 207 BC | Polybius, Histories | Deployment of the two armies before the Battle of Mantinea |
| 207 BC | Polybius, Histories | The Battle of Mantinea begins |