Mantineia

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Mantineia  (Μαντίνειa)
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Mantineia (Greece)

CoordinatesCoordinates:
Time zone:EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):600 m (0 ft)
Government
Country:Greece
Periphery:Peloponnese
Prefecture:Arcadia
Population statistics (as of 2001)
City Proper
 - Population:0
Codes
Postal codes:220 05
Area codes:2710
License plate codes:TP
Mantineia (Greek: Mαντίνεια, formerly also Antigonia - Αντιγόνεια) was a city in ancient Arcadia in the central Peloponnese that was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. It is also a municipality in modern Arcadia, Greece, with its seat in the village Nestani.

The First Battle of Mantinea, in 418 BC, was the largest land battle of the Peloponnesian War. On one side were Sparta and its remaining allies, and on the other were Athens, its allies, plus the cities that had revolted against the Spartans. After Laches the Athenian commander was killed, the battle turned into a rout of the Athenian and allied armies, a result attributed to greater Spartan courage.

The Second Battle of Mantinea, in 362 BC, led to the fall of Theban hegemony. In that battle, Athens and Sparta were allied. Thebes won the battle, but its greatest general, Epaminondas, was killed in the fighting. Macedonian king Antigonus III Doson renamed the city Antigonia; Mantineia's name was restored by Hadrian. [1]

Modern-day Mantineia is the region around the city of Tripoli in the prefecture of Arcadia, and was named after the namesake city of old. It is also the name of a Protected designation of origin of Greek blanc de gris wine, made of the moschofilero grape traditionally grown in the region. The seat of Mantineia is Nestani, home to about one-fifth (20%) of the population. Mantineia is located about a few kilometres north of GR-33 and GR-77, west of the Tripoli-Corinth/Athens Superhighway (E65), and SE of Vytina.

Mountains surround the valley, including the Lyrkeia mountains as well as the Mainalo mountains to the southwest. The valley consists of vineyards, potato and wheat farms as well as other crops, and covers about half of the municipality. Several floods ravaged Mantineia in the mid-20th century, even to the extent of forming a lake that has since been drained. Forests dominate the mountains with traces in the valley areas. Rocks and grasslands cover most of the northeast.

Communities

  • Artemisi (pop: 650)
  • Kapsas/Kapsia (pop: 505)
  • Louka (pop: 653)
  • Milia (pop: 76)
  • Nestani (pop: 778)
  • Gorgoepikoos Monastery
  • Milea (pop: 237)
  • Pikerni (pop: 192)
  • Sagka (pop: 241)
  • Simiades (pop: 172)
  • Neos Kardaros (abandoned)

Historical population

Year Municipal Population Change
1981--
19913,628-
20013,510118/3.25%

Other

Naxos has schools, lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (secondary school), churches, a post office and squares (plateies).

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Northwest: LevidiNorth: AleaNortheast: Lyrkia
West: FalanthosMantineia/MantiniaEast: Argos?
Southwest: FalanthosSouth: TripoliSoutheast: Korythios


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Artemisi | Kapsas | Louka | Nestani | Pikerni | Sagka | Simiades
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Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas.

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Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas.

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Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli.
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The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth.
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Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas.

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Nestani, Νεστάνη - κοινώς Τσιπιανά, is a small village around 15km from Tripoli in the Peloponnese, Greece. It used to be the center of manufacturing brooms.
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Battle of Mantinea was a significant battle of the Peloponnesian War that took place in 418 BC between Sparta and its allies, and an opposing army led by Argos and Athens.

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Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an Ancient Greek military conflict, fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases.
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Laches (Gr. Λάχης) (* c.475 BCE in Athens, Greece; † 418 BCE in Mantineia, Greece) was an Athenian aristocrat, the son of the Melanopos, and general during the Peloponnesian War.
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Battle of Mantinea was fought in 362 BC between the Thebans, led by Epaminondas and supported by the Arcadians and the Boeotian league against the Spartans, led by King Agesilaus II and supported by the Eleans, Athenians, and Mantineans.
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