The Battle of Mantinea is fought in 207 BCE between Sparta under the Tyrant Machanidas, as part of the Aetolian League, and the Achaean League whose forces Are led by Philopoemen.
Both sides are supplemented by mercenaries.
It is the major land battle in Greece of the First Macedonian War, which has occurred due to Macedonian alliance with Carthage in the aftermath of Hannibal's victory at the Battle of Cannae in the Second Punic War.
