Battle of Cynoscephalae

When

364 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.36° N, 22.83° E

Description

part of Thebes campaign against Alexander of Pherea

Battle between Pelopidas of Thebes and Alexander of Pherae

The Battle of Cynoscephalae was a military engagement in 364 BC between the forces of Thebes and its Thessalian allies, led by Pelopidas, against the army of Alexander of Pherae. Pelopidas's army defeated Alexander's much larger force, ending Alexander's attempts to secure hegemony in Thessaly, though Pelopidas himself was killed.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The army of Thebes under their statesman and general, Pelopidas, defeats Alexander of Pherae in the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexandre, tyran de Phères, est battu par Pélopidas à la bataille de Cynoscéphales et se soumet à Thèbes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El ejército de Tebas bajo su hombre de estado y general, Pelópidas, derrota a Alejandro de Feras en la Batalla de Cinoscéfalas en Tesalia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “政治家・将軍ペロピダスに率いられたテーバイ軍は、テッサリアで戦われたキュノスケファライの戦いにおいてフェライのアレクサンドロスの軍勢を破ったが”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page