Epaminondas
12-06-2005, 10:58 AM
Hello people,
I'm new to this forum...I was invited by some people.. to join from greeksoccer.Some of you may know me as Rivaldopoulos.
I chose Epaminondas as my nickname...firstly becuase it is also my real name and second I thought it was appropriate as he was one of the most innovative military tacticians ever. Unfortunately he was not a brutal man so except through historians he is not widely known.I have taken some information about him from various sources. I hope you enjoy reading about this brilliant if little known General of Ancient times.
Epaminondas(c. 418–362 BC), was a Theban general and statesman, born about 418 BC of a noble but impoverished family.
For his education he was chiefly indebted to Lysis of Tarentum, a Pythagorean exile who had found refuge with his father Polymnis. He first comes into notice in the attack upon Mantinea in 385 BC, when he fought on the Spartan side and saved the life of his future colleague Pelopidas.
Theban general and statesman whose military prowess led Thebes to military dominance in Greece.
Little is known of Epaminondas' early life other than he was a pupil of philosopher Lysis of Tarentum. During the peace conference of 371 B.C., he was a Theban delegate and refused to surrender his claim to represent all Boeotia. As a result, Agesilaus II of Sparta excluded Thebes from the conference, prompting a war. Epaminondas led his Boeotian troops to victory over the Spartans at Leuctra. He was militarily praised for his modernisms and became one of the greatest tacticians of ancient times. His military successes continued when he invade Peloponnisos in 370 B.C. and with augmented Boeotian power, was able to liberate Messenian from Spartan control. He led two more campaigns into Peloponnisos and in 367 B.C., he ordered Alexander of Pherae to release Theban general and long-time friend Pelopidas. In 362 B.C., he led the Boeotians in his fourth and final campaign against the Spartans at Mantinea. It was there he died in battle and his demoralized troops slid from a potential victory to a stalemate. His military prowess was studied by Philip II and Alexander the Great.
His title to fame rests mainly on his brilliant qualities both as a strategist and as a tactician; his influence on militaryart in Greece was of the greatest. For the purity and uprightness of his character he likewise stood in high repute; his culture and eloquence equalled the highest Attic standard.
I'm new to this forum...I was invited by some people.. to join from greeksoccer.Some of you may know me as Rivaldopoulos.
I chose Epaminondas as my nickname...firstly becuase it is also my real name and second I thought it was appropriate as he was one of the most innovative military tacticians ever. Unfortunately he was not a brutal man so except through historians he is not widely known.I have taken some information about him from various sources. I hope you enjoy reading about this brilliant if little known General of Ancient times.
Epaminondas(c. 418–362 BC), was a Theban general and statesman, born about 418 BC of a noble but impoverished family.
For his education he was chiefly indebted to Lysis of Tarentum, a Pythagorean exile who had found refuge with his father Polymnis. He first comes into notice in the attack upon Mantinea in 385 BC, when he fought on the Spartan side and saved the life of his future colleague Pelopidas.
Theban general and statesman whose military prowess led Thebes to military dominance in Greece.
Little is known of Epaminondas' early life other than he was a pupil of philosopher Lysis of Tarentum. During the peace conference of 371 B.C., he was a Theban delegate and refused to surrender his claim to represent all Boeotia. As a result, Agesilaus II of Sparta excluded Thebes from the conference, prompting a war. Epaminondas led his Boeotian troops to victory over the Spartans at Leuctra. He was militarily praised for his modernisms and became one of the greatest tacticians of ancient times. His military successes continued when he invade Peloponnisos in 370 B.C. and with augmented Boeotian power, was able to liberate Messenian from Spartan control. He led two more campaigns into Peloponnisos and in 367 B.C., he ordered Alexander of Pherae to release Theban general and long-time friend Pelopidas. In 362 B.C., he led the Boeotians in his fourth and final campaign against the Spartans at Mantinea. It was there he died in battle and his demoralized troops slid from a potential victory to a stalemate. His military prowess was studied by Philip II and Alexander the Great.
His title to fame rests mainly on his brilliant qualities both as a strategist and as a tactician; his influence on militaryart in Greece was of the greatest. For the purity and uprightness of his character he likewise stood in high repute; his culture and eloquence equalled the highest Attic standard.