The Spartans are defeated by the Thebans in an open battle at Tegyra

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Theban, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Agesilaus 27.3Plutarch Agesilaus 27.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Tegyra (Tegyra)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	375 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	sending of envoys
Original Text :	ἐν δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ πολλὰ συνέβη πταίσματα τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ὧν ἦν τὸ περὶ Τεγύρας μέγιστον, ὅπου πρῶτον ἐκ παρατάξεως κρατηθέντες ὑπὸ Θηβαίων ἡττήθησαν.
Translation :	During this time the Spartans met with many reverses both by land and sea, the greatest of which was at Tegyra, where for the first time they were overpowered by the Thebans in a pitched battle.
Edition :	Plutarch Lives V: Agesilaus and Pompey, Pelopidas and Marcellus, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 87), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1961 (first ed. 1917).
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