What is "mantineia"

Mantinea \Mantinea\, Mantineia \Mantineia\prop. n. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.

Syn: Mantineia.

Mantineia (also Mantinea ; ; also Koine Greek Antigoneia) was a city in ancient Greece that was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history.

In modern times it is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat was the village of Nestani (pop. 778 in 2001). It is located in the northeastern part of Arcadia. The municipal unit has a land area of 205.393 km² and a population of 3,510 inhabitants. Its largest other towns are Artemísio (pop. 654), Loukás (653), and Kapsas (505).