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The '''Cadmeia''', or '''[[Cadmea]]''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: Καδμεία), was the citadel of ancient [[Thebes]], named after the legendary founder of Thebes, [[Cadmus]]. The area is thought to have been settled since at least the early Bronze Age, although the history of settlement can only be reliably dated from the late [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] period (c. 1400 BC onwards).

== Classical period ==
In the Classical and early Hellenistic periods, the Cadmeia served a similar purpose to the [[Acropolis]] of [[Athens]]; many public buildings were situated there, and the assemblies of Thebes and the [[Boeotia]]n Confederacy are thought to have met there. During the [[Sparta]]n ([[382 BC|382]]-[[379 BC]]) and [[Macedon]]ian occupations of Thebes, the foreign garrisons were stationed on the Cadmeia.

== Destruction and rebuilding ==
The Cadmea was destroyed by [[Alexander the Great]] in [[335 BC]], who razed the city of Thebes as a warning to other Greek cities contemplating revolt against his rule. [[Cassander]], the Macedonian general who inherited the Greek territorial possessions of Alexander the Great after his death, rebuilt the Cadmeia in [[316 BC]].

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