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'''Agesipolis II''' ([[ancient Greek|Gr.]] '''{{polytonic|Ἀγησίλαος}}''', d.369 BC), son of the king [[Cleombrotus I]], succeeded his father and reigned as [[Kings of Sparta|Agiad King]] of [[Sparta]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Mason | first = Charles Peter | author-link = | contribution = Agesipolis II | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 71 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0080.html }}</ref> His rule was exceedingly brief, from, at most, 371 until his death in 369 BC.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' iii. 6. § 1</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], xv. 60</ref>
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'''Agesipolis II''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Ἀγησίπολις Bʹ}}; died 369 BC), son of the king [[Cleombrotus I]], succeeded his father and reigned as [[Kings of Sparta|Agiad King]] of [[Sparta]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Mason | first = Charles Peter | contribution = Agesipolis II | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 71 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0080.html }}</ref> His rule was exceedingly brief; it started in, at most, 371 BC until his death in 369 BC.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' iii. 6. § 1</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], xv. 60</ref> He was succeeded by his brother [[Cleomenes II]].


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Latest revision as of 09:24, 3 March 2024

Agesipolis II
King of Sparta
Reign371 – 369 BC
PredecessorCleombrotus I
SuccessorCleomenes II

Agesipolis II (‹See Tfd›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; it started in, at most, 371 BC until his death in 369 BC.[2][3] He was succeeded by his brother Cleomenes II.

References

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  1. ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), "Agesipolis II", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71
  2. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 6. § 1
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60
Preceded by Agiad King of Sparta
371–369 BC
Succeeded by