Ka cika wannan jumlar: Thebes ita ce birni mafi girma a yankin Boeotia na dā kuma ita ce shugaban ƙungiyar Boeotian. Babban abokin hamayya ne na tsohuwar Athens, kuma ya kasance tare da Farisa a lokacin mamayewar 480 BC a ƙarƙashin Xerxes. Sojojin Theban karkashin umarnin Epaminondas sun kawo karshen ikon Sparta a yakin Leuctra a 371 BC. Ƙungiyar Tsarkaka ta Thebes (ƙungiyar soja mai mahimmanci) ta shahara a yakin Chaeronea a 338 BC da Philip II da Alexander Mai Girma. Kafin da
Bayan halakar Alexander a 335 BC, Thebes ya kasance babban karfi a tarihin Girka, kuma shine birni mafi rinjaye a lokacin da Macedonian ya ci Girka. A lokacin Byzantine, birnin ya shahara da siliki.