Thebes, Boeotia AR Drachm Circa 510 BC Ancient Greek Silver Coin Museum Reproduction CSGDS0009

Boiotia, also spelled Boeotia, was a region of Greece north of Attica and the Gulf of Corinth. The cities formed the Boeotian League in the sixth century B.C. but were usually under the dominance of Thebes. It was the constant ambition of the Thebans to absorb the other towns into a single state, just as Athens had annexed the Attic communities. But the cities successfully resisted, and only allowed a loose federation. Resistance to Thebes led to repeated interference by Athens and Sparta. After Thebes was destroyed by Alexander the Great in 335 B.C., the Boeotians never again pursued independence. About 245 B.C., Boeotia was for a short time a member of the Aetolian League, but it was generally loyal to Macedonia and supported Macedonia against Rome. Rome dissolved the league, but it was revived under Augustus and merged with the other central Greek federations in the Achaean synod. The death-blow to the country’s prosperity was devastation during the First Mithridatic War.

Design:
Obverse side
Boeotian shield
Legend:
Anepigraphic

Reverse side
Amphora
Legend:
ΘΑΣ-ΙΩΝ

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