My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.
我が勝利は十分な子孫を残した。レウクトラとマンティネイアという。
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The Theban general who shattered Sparta's military supremacy at Leuctra
The Theban general who shattered Sparta's military supremacy at Leuctra (371 BCE) by inventing the oblique order — concentrating overwhelming force at a single decisive point while refusing engagement elsewhere. Epaminondas's tactical revolution became the foundation of all subsequent Western military thought, from Alexander to Napoleon.
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