Eudamidas I
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Eudamidas I (Greek: Εὐδαμίδας, 330 – c. 300) was a Spartan king of the Eurypontid line [1]. He married the wealthy Archidamia, and she had two children, Archidamus IV and Agesistrata. There is evidence that Eudamidas I owned the half of his wife wealth in land [2] [3]. During his reign Sparta made peace [4]. Pausanias devotes more space to Agis II (427 - 400) and Agesilaus II (400 - 360) than to other Kings, such as Agis III (338 - 330) and Eudamidas I, whose lives he passed by briefly, as the Eurypontid line ‘fades’ [5].
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- ^ Suida, epsilon, 3400
- ^ Plutarch, Agis, 4.1
- ^ Stephen Hodkinson, (1986), ‘Land Tenure and Inheritance in Classical Sparta’, The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 36, (2), pp. 378-406
- ^ Pausanias, iii.10.5
- ^ A. R. Meadows, (1995), ‘Pausanias and the Historiography of Classical Sparta’, The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 45, (1), pp. 92-113
| Preceded by Agis III |
Eurypontid King of Sparta 331 BC– c. 305 BC |
Succeeded by Archidamus IV |
