Archidamus I

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Archidamus I (Ἀρχίδαμος) was a king of Sparta, 12th of the Eurypontids.

He was a son of Anaxidamus and contemporary with the Tegeatan War, which followed soon after the end of the second Messenian, in 668 BC. (Paus. iii. 7. § 69 comp. 3. § 5.)

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

Preceded by Anaxidamus

Eurypontid King of Sparta c. 600 BC– c. 575 BC

Succeeded by Agasicles