<P> Sparta's former allies soon turned against her, due to her imperialist policy, and soon Athens' former enemies Thebes and Corinth had become her allies; they fought with Athens and Argos against Sparta in the indecisive Corinthian War (395--387 BC). Opposition to Sparta enabled Athens to establish a Second Athenian League . </P> <P> Finally Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC in the Battle of Leuctra . But then the Greek cities (including Athens and Sparta) turned against Thebes, whose dominance was stopped at the Battle of Mantinea (362 BC) with the death of its military - genius leader Epaminondas . </P> <P> By the mid-4th century BC, however, the northern Greek kingdom of Macedon was becoming dominant in Athenian affairs . In 338 BC the armies of Philip II defeated an alliance of some of the Greek city - states including Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, effectively limiting Athenian independence . Subsequently, the conquests of his son Alexander the Great widened Greek horizons and made the traditional Greek city state obsolete . Athens remained a wealthy city with a brilliant cultural life, but ceased to be a leading power . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (July 2011) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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