 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Panzvimbo pekubvumira Mantinea kuti ifashirwe nemvura, mauto eArgive akafamba nekukurumidza kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa nevaSpartan, sezvo maArgive hoplites akatsamwa zvikuru nemauto avo ekuramba kutevera mauto eSpartan uye akavapomera mhosva yekutengesa nyika. Vakashamisa vavengi vavo nokuronga sezvo vaSpartan vakabuda musango raiva pedyo. VaSpartan vakakurumidza kuzvironga vamene, vasina nguva yokumirira dzimwe shamwari dzavo. Vakwegura vaBrasidas Brasidas pachake akanga aurayiwa muHondo yeAmphipolis, uye vaSciritae chikwata chakanakisa chemauto eSpartan vakaumba bapiro reruboshwe, vaSpartan, vaArcadian, vaHeraean nevaMaenalians vari pakati, uye vaTegean, avo vairwira nyika yavo vakatora chinzvimbo chekuremekedza parutivi rwerudyi. Mitsetse yeArgives yakaumbwa nevaMantineans kurudyi, vaArgives pakati, uye vaAtene kuruboshwe. Thucydides akanga asingazivi nhamba chaiyo yevarume kudivi rimwe nerimwe, asi akafungidzira kuti kwaiva nevarume vanenge 9 000 kudivi reSpartan uto reSpartan rinofanira kunge raiva nevanhu vanenge 3 500, ne600 Sciritae, vanenge 2 000 neodamodeis neBrasideans uye vanenge 3 000 Arcadians pamwe chete nevarume vashoma kudivi reArgive neAtene vanenge 8 000, maererano naDonald Kagan. Dzimwe nyanzvi, dzakadai saVictor Davis Hanson, dzinopa nhamba dzakakura zvishoma. 