Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Thebes bụ obodo kachasị ukwuu nke mpaghara oge ochie nke Boeotia ma bụrụ onye ndu nke njikọ Boeotian. Ọ bụ onye isi asọmpi nke Atens oge ochie, ma soro ndị Peasia n'oge mbuso agha nke 480 BC n'okpuru Xerxes. Ndị agha Theban n'okpuru Epaminondas kwụsịrị ike Sparta n'agha Leuctra na 371 BC. The Sacred Band of Thebes (otu ndi agha ndi agha) dara n'agha nke Chaeronea na 338 BC megide Philip II na Alexander Onye Ukwu. Tupu Alexander ebibi ya na 335 BC
, Thebes bụ nnukwu ike na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Gris, ọ bụkwa obodo-obodo kachasị ike n'oge mmeri ndị Masedonia nke Gris. N'oge ndị Byzantium, obodo ahụ bụ ebe a ma ama maka ákwà silk.