Agesipolis II
Agesipolis II | |
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King of Sparta | |
Reign | 371 – 369 BC |
Predecessor | Cleombrotus I |
Successor | Cleomenes II |
Agesipolis II (Greek: Ἀγησίπολις Bʹ; died 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] He was succeeded by his brother Cleomenes II.
References[]
- ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), "Agesipolis II", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 6. § 1
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60
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