Mantinea, an ancient city of Arcadia, in the Peloponnesus, situated on the river Ophis, in the midst of a broad plain. Here Epaminondas fell in the moment of a great victory over the Spartans, 362 B.C.
Mantinea
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 28
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