Controversia I BC
Cic. - Inv. (Cic.Inv.2.69)
Text
Cum Thebani Lacedaemonios bello superavissent et fere mos esset Graiis, cum inter se bellum gessissent, ut ii, qui vicissent tropaeum, aliquod in finibus statuerent, victoriae modo in praesentiam declarandae causa, non ut in perpetuum belli memoria maneret, aeneum statuerunt tropaeum. Accusantur apud Amphictyonas [id est apud commune Graeciae consilium].
Translation
It was a nearly universal custom among the Greeks when they had fought with one another that the victors should set up a trophy in the country to commemorate the victory, but only for the time being, not that the record of the war might remain forever. The Thebans, having defeated the Lacedaemonians in battle, set up a trophy of bronze. They were acused before the Amphyctions [that is, before the common council of Greece].
Main Characters
Thebans
Characters
Lacedaemonians
Issues
Constitutio generalis absoluta - qualitas absoluta
Accusations
Setting up of a perpetual trophy
Narrative themes
Trophy, War
Legal references
Historical references
Battles between thebes and sparta