<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IThebes yayiyidolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke esifundeni sasendulo saseBoeotia futhi yayiyinhloko yenhlangano yamaBoeotian. Kwakuyisitha esikhulu se-Athene lasendulo, futhi sasisekela amaPheresiya ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kuka-480 BC ngaphansi kukaXerxes. Amabutho aseThebes ngaphansi komyalo ka-Epamindas aqeda amandla eSparta eMpini yaseLeuctra ngo-371 BC. I-Sacred Band of Thebes ibutho eliphakeme lempi laziwa ngokuwa eMpini yaseChaeronea ngo-338 BC ngokumelene noPhilip II no-Alexander the Great. Ngaphambi kokubhujiswa kwalo ngu-Alexander ngo-335 BC  <response>: IThebes yayibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni waseGrisi, futhi yayiwumuzi-umbuso ophakeme kakhulu ngesikhathi sokunqotshwa kweGrisi yiMakedoniya. Phakathi nenkathi yaseByzantium, leli dolobha lalidume ngokwenza usilika. 