Agesipolis II
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Agesipolis II (Gr. Ἀγησίλαος, d.369 BC), son of the king Cleombrotus I, succeeded his father and reigned as Agiad King of Sparta.[1] His rule was exceedingly brief, from, at most, 371 until his death in 369 BC.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), “Agesipolis II”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 71
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 6. § 1
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60
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| Preceded by Cleombrotus I |
Agiad King of Sparta 371–369 BC |
Succeeded by Cleomenes II |
