 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Shrimpton anotenda kuti kusava nehanya kwevanyori vekare kwaikonzerwa neruvengo rwakazara rwevamwe vaGiriki vaivenga vaThebes avo vakanga vapindira kureva vakabatana nevaPezhiya mukupinda kwechipiri kwevaPezhiyamuna 480 BC uye zvakare muna 368 BC. VaAtene, kunyanya, vaive nehanya zvikuru neThebes nekuda kwezviito zvayo muPeloponnesian War; pamwe nekuparadzwa kweThebans kwePlataea muna 373 BC, nekupinda kweguta reBoeotian reOropus rakabatana neAtene muna 366 BC. Demosthenes anonyora kunzwa uku zvakajeka kwazvo murondedzero muhurukuro yake On the Navy 354 BC: Zvakaoma kutaura newe pamusoro peThebans, nokuti une kusada kwakasimba kwazvo kwavari zvokuti haungafariri kunzwa chinhu chakanaka pamusoro pavo, kunyange dai chaiva chokwadi. 