{"slug": "tegea", "label": "Tegea", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegea", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q645234", "qid": "Q645234", "description": "ancient polis and archaeological site in Peloponnese, Greece", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-475, -191], "span_label": ["476 BCE", "192 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "arcadia-ancient-region", "label": "Arcadia (ancient region)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mantinea", "label": "Mantinea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "philopoemen", "label": "Philopoemen", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thebes-greece", "label": "Thebes, Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peloponnesus", "label": "Peloponnesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "epaminondas", "label": "Epaminondas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "agiad", "label": "Agiad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "achaean-league", "label": "Achaean League", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nabis-of-sparta", "label": "Nabis of Sparta", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -475, "year_label": "476 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Convicted in Sparta on the charge of accepting a bribe from the Aleudae family whilst leading an expedition to Thessaly against the family for their collaboration with the Persians, the Spartan King Leotychidas flees to the temple of Athena Alea in Tegea, Arcadia. A sentence of exile is passed upon him; his house is razed, and his grandson, Archidamus II, ascends the Spartan throne in his place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129376#Greece", "title": "476 BC", "revid": 1350129376, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -394, "year_label": "395 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Battle of Haliartus between the Spartans and the Thebans ends inconclusively. Pausanias, arriving a day later, takes back the bodies of the Spartan dead under a truce, and returns to Sparta. There, he is put on trial for his life and flees to Tegea before he can be convicted. Pausanias is replaced as king of Sparta by his son Agesipolis I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370496371#Greece", "title": "395 BC", "revid": 1370496371, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -393, "year_label": "394 BCE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The temple of Athena Alea in Tegea is burned down, but is however soon rebuilt to the designs of Scopas of Paros.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172908#Greece", "title": "394 BC", "revid": 1354172908, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -361, "year_label": "362 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The outbreak of civil war in the Arcadian league leads to Mantinea fighting alongside Sparta and Athens, while Tegea and other members of the league side with Thebes. The Theban general, Epaminondas leads the large allied army into the Peloponnesus, he is met by the Spartans (led by the Agiad Spartan king Agesilaus), Mantineans, Athenians, and their allies in the Battle of Mantinea. In the battle, Epaminondas is victorious, but is killed. His dying command to make peace with the enemy is followed by all sides and a general peace is established in Greece. The period of Theban domination of Greece comes to an end.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114722#Greece", "title": "362 BC", "revid": 1367114722, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -200, "year_label": "201 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Spartan king, Nabis, once more invades and captures Messene. However, the Spartans are forced to retreat when the Achaean League army of Philopoemen intervenes. Nabis' forces are decisively defeated at Tegea by Philopoemen and Nabis is forced to check his expansionist ambitions for the time being.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243551551#Greece", "title": "201 BC", "revid": 1243551551, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -191, "year_label": "192 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Not waiting for the Roman fleet to arrive, the Achaean army and navy head towards Gythium under the command of Philopoemen. The Achaean fleet under Tiso is defeated by the Spartan fleet. On land, the Achaeans are unable to defeat the Spartan forces outside Gythium and Philopoemen retreats to Tegea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342604594#Greece", "title": "192 BC", "revid": 1342604594, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}