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386 BCE: Theban general Epaminondas saves the life of Pelopidas at Mantinea.
382 BCE - 379 BCE: Sparta establishes a garrison at Thebes.
379 BCE: Pelopidas is first made Boeotarch at Thebes.
379 BCE: Pelopidas removes the Spartan garrison from the Theban acropolis.
375 BCE: Thebes defeats Sparta at the Battle of Tegyra.
371 BCE: Thebes, led by Epaminondas, defeats Sparta in the Battle of Leuctra.
371 BCE - 362 BCE: Thebes is the dominant city-state in Greece.
369 BCE: Theban generals Pelopidas and Epaminondas are both charged with exceeding their term of office but are acquitted.
368 BCE - 365 BCE: Young Philip II is captured by Pelopidas and held hostage in Thebes.
367 BCE: Theban general Epaminondas rescues fellow general Pelopidas from Alexander of Pherai in Thessaly.
364 BCE: Theban general Pelopidas is victorious but killed at the Battle of Kynoskephalai.