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Mantineia (
Greek: Μαντίνεια, 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 of
Nestani (pop. 778 in 2001). It is located in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. The municipality has a land area of 205.393 km² and a population of 3,510 inhabitants. Its largest other towns are Artemísi (pop. 654), Loukás (653), and Kápsas (505).
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.
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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
Historical population
| Year |
Municipal Population |
Change |
| 1981 |
- |
- |
| 1991 |
3,628 |
- |
| 2001 |
3,510 |
-118/-3.25% |
Other
Naxos has schools, lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (secondary school), churches, a post office and squares (
plateies).
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