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This is my first TL. Sorry for any grammatical and vocabulary errors I could do; my english is not perfect.
-- Athens victory
424 B.C.
In late autumn, Athens launched an invasion of Boeotia.
Simultaneously [1], two athenians armies invaded Boeotia. The first army, commanded by Demosthenes, attacked from sea while a pro-athenian democrat uprising was occuring in Syphae and Chaeronea [2]. The second army, led by Hippocrates, took Delium.
Having to dispatch troops to Thespiae against Demosthenes, the general Pagondas met Hippocrates in a situation of numerical inferiority, with 10.000 men against 15.000 Athenians. Pagondas massed the Theban contingent in his right wing with an unsual depht of 25 men, hoping to break the athenian lines. Taking the initiative, he ordered the attack while Hippocrates was still giving a speech to his men. The battle began favourably for Pagondas as his phalanx managed to push back the athenian left wing, but shortly after, his own left wing was close to be destroyed by Athenians. He sent his cavalry to support it but this counter-attack is soon smashed by athenian cavalry. Little after, Hippocrates launched the final strike, and outflanked the Thebans. Pagondas died during the fights. After battle, 2.000 Boeotians and 1.000 Athenians were lying in the battlefield. At the nightfall, the Boeotians asked the right to take their deads. The battle of Delium was a total victory for Athens.
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[1]: A first POD. In OTL, Demosthenes arrives too earlier
[2]: A second POD. In this TL, the treason of Nichomachus never occured.