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Battle of Leuctra

Battle of Leuctra was a battle fought on 6 July 371 BC at Leuctra, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Boeotian War, which ran from 379 BC to 371 BC. The recorded result: Theban victory; Beginning of the Theban hegemony. Recorded strength: 7,000 hoplites; 700 cavalry against 10,000 hoplites; 1,000 cavalry.

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Battle of Leuctra (ukrainian)
Battle of Leuctra (ukrainian). O.Mustafin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought6 July 371 BC
WhereLeuctra, Greece38.266N, 23.167E
OutcomeTheban victory; Beginning of the Theban hegemony
BelligerentsThebes; Boeotian LeagueagainstSparta; Peloponnesian allies
Casualties and losses47–300and1,000–4,000+
Part ofBoeotian War379 BC to 371 BC

Where it sits in the Boeotian War

Battle of Naxos, 376 BCBattle of Tegyra, 375 BCBattle of Alyzeia, 375 BCBattle of Leuctra, 371 BCBattle of Cynoscephalae, 364 BC376 BC364 BCBattle of Leuctra, 371 BC
5 placed engagements of the Boeotian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date6 July 371 BC
PlaceLeuctra, Greece
38.266N, 23.167E
KindBattle, ancient
Strength7,000 hoplites; 700 cavalry10,000 hoplites; 1,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses47–3001,000–4,000+
Commanders
  • Epaminondas
  • Pelopidas
  • Cleombrotus I
Battle of LeuctraBattle of LeuctraBattle of PlataeaSiege of PlataeaBattle of PlataeaBattle of HaliartusBattle of PetraBattle of PlataeaBattle of HaliartusPatraAgrinioTripoliPirgosSpartiErmoupoliPiraeusVolos100 km38.266N, 23.167E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Leuctra
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Leuctra today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 285 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 30 to 641 m, 611 m of relief, steep country and today it is 55% cropland, 18% shrubland, 17% grassland.

cropland: 55%shrubland: 18%grassland: 17%tree cover: 8%cropland 55%shrubland 18%grassland 17%tree cover 8%
west to east, 10.0 km239 to 331 mnorth to south, 10.0 km63 to 436 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Battle of Leuctra is one of 137 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q461599, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Leuctra, revision 1385664225, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.