The Beotian League and the Arcadian League

Manta Nea is a medium-sized city and it's quite close to Sparta too. The Arcadians start to hold councils altogether and they decide to form a league of their own, an Arcadian league. And who do you think the Arcadian League leaders turn to now in their distress? Yep, thebes. This is extremely significant, it's never happened before that thebans have dared to meddle with Spartan interests in the Peloponnese. Well, it seems that this is not just meddling, thebes under Pelopidus and a pammonandis has now gone very quickly from resisting Spartan domination of their turf in Greece to making a