which was the most famous, I think--

这个事件我认为是最著名的--
there's a small competition for a couple of events,

当时因为某些琐事引发了一些小战役
but one of the most famous anyway in this period

但这个时期最有名的一次战役
illustrating the arrogance and power of the Spartan hegemony,

显示出斯巴达统治的傲慢和强权
a Spartan force was sent off

一支斯巴达军队被派往卡尔西狄克
ostensibly to reinforce their spartan army up there in the Chalcidice.

表面上是去支援那里的斯巴达军
It was led by a general named Phoebidas.

这只军队由福比达斯将军率领
As he was moving north on a route

当他往北行军
that would not have been the normal route to take,

选择的是一条并不寻常的路线
a route that took him right past the city of Thebes,

这条路线让他经过底比斯
he camped out at night and on his way there

晚上他在野外扎营在回营的路上
he was contacted by an important official in the government of Thebes,

他遇到了底比斯一个重要的政府官员