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Date:
394 BCE
Location:
Greece
Participants:
Ɓrgos
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Corinth
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Battle of Nemea

394 BCE
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Battle of Nemea, (394 bc), battle in the Corinthian War (395ā€“387 bc) in which a coalition of Greek city-states sought to destroy the ascendancy of Sparta after its victory in the Peloponnesian War. The Spartansā€™ defeat of the troops from Thebes, Corinth, Athens, and Argos temporarily broke the force of the coalition. On the battlefield in the Nemea River valley (near modern NemĆ©a), the outnumbered Spartansā€™ skill in hoplite warfare (use of heavily armoured foot soldiers) enabled them to encircle and crush the Athenians before turning against the other opponents.

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