Epaminondas, maxima Thebarum felicitas idemque Lacedaemonis prima clades, cum vetustam eius urbis gloriam invictamque ad id tempus publicam virtutem apud Leuctram et Mantineam secundis proeliis contudisset, traiectus hasta, sanguine et spiritu deficiens recreare se conantes primum an clipeus suus salvus esset, deinde an penitus fusi hostes forent interrogavit.
Epaminondas was Thebes greatest felicity and Lacedaemons first disaster. When he had hammered that citys ancient glory and hitherto undefeated public valour in battles won at Leuctra and Mantinea, he was run through by a spear. As blood and breath failed, he asked those who were trying to rally him, first whether his shield was safe, and then whether the enemy had been thoroughly routed.
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