What is Thebes, Greece?
[[Image:Thebes-1.jpg|thumb|right|What is left of old Thebes today]] '''Thebes''' is a city in Central [[Greece]] in Boeotia. Today, about 23,000 people live there. It lies on the border of [[Boeotia]] and [[Attica]]. [[Archaeology|Archaeologists]] have found a [[Mycenaean culture|Mycenaean]] settlement. They have also found [[clay]] tablets written in [[Linear B]] script. Thebes was once a super-power in Greece until the rise of [[Macedonian Empire|Macedonia]]. It became a dominant power after their victory over the [[Sparta]]ns at the [[sacred Band of Thebes|Battle of Leuctra]] in 371 BC. {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Thebes, Greece| ]]