- The
Agiad dynasty (Ancient Gr****: Ἀγιάδαι, Agiádai) was one of the two
royal families of the
ancient Gr**** city-state of Sparta. They
ruled jointly along...
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coming from two
separate lines.
According to tradition, the two lines, the
Agiads (Ἀγιάδαι, Agiadai) and
Eurypontids (Εὐρυποντίδαι, Eurypontidai), were respectively...
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Cleomenes I (/kliːˈɒmɪniːz/; Gr**** Κλεομένης; died c. 490 BC) was
Agiad King of
Sparta from c. 524 to c. 490 BC. One of the most
important Spartan kings...
- Sparta. He was the son of king
Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the
Agiad dynasty, a
Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the
mythical demigod...
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Sparta was a diarchy,
having two
kings at the same time, an
Agiad and a Eurypontid. The
Agiad king at the time of
Nicander was Teleclus, who was allegedly...
- monarchs. This was a form of diarchy. The
Kings of
Sparta belonged to the
Agiads and the Eurypontids,
descendants respectively of
Eurysthenes and Procles...
- of
Egypt (Twenty-Third Dynasty), r. 801–795 BC
Agesilaus I,
Archilaus (
Agiad Kings, r. 820–790 BC and 790–760 BC respectively) and
Eunomus (Eurypontid...
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handful of
other classical sources.
Pausanias was from the
royal house of the
Agiads.
Every male
Spartan citizen earned their citizenship by
dedicating their...
- one of the two
kings of
Sparta from 235 to 222 BC. He was a
member of the
Agiad dynasty and
succeeded his father,
Leonidas II. He is
known for his attempts...
- Κλεόμβροτος Kleombrotos; died 6 July 371 BC) was a
Spartan king of the
Agiad line,
reigning from 380 BC
until 371 BC.
Little is
known of Cleombrotus'...
