Agesipolis 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, 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

Preceded by Cleombrotus I	Agiad King of Sparta 371–369 BC	Succeeded by Cleomenes II

Kings of Laconia and Sparta

Lelegids	Lelex Myles Eurotas

Lacedaemonids	Lacedaemon Amyclas Argalus Cynortas Perieres Oebalus Tyndareus Hippocoon

Atreids	Menelaus Orestes Tisamenus Dion

Early Heraclids	Aristodemus Theras (regent)

Heraclids Agiad dynasty	Eurysthenes Agis I Echestratus Labotas Doryssus Agesilaus I Archelaus Teleclus Alcmenes Polydorus Eurycrates Anaxander Eurycratides Leon Anaxandridas II Cleomenes I Leonidas I Pausanias (regent) Pleistarchus Pleistoanax Pausanias Agesipolis I Cleombrotus I Agesipolis II Cleomenes II Areus I Acrotatus II Areus II Leonidas II Cleombrotus II Cleomenes III Agesipolis III

Heraclids Eurypontid dynasty	Procles Soos Eurypon Prytanis Polydectes Eunomus Charilaus Nicander Theopompus Anaxandridas I Zeuxidamus Anaxidamus Archidamus I Agasicles Ariston Demaratus Leotychidas Archidamus II Agis II Agesilaus II Archidamus III Agis III Eudamidas I Archidamus IV Eudamidas II Agis IV Eudamidas III Archidamus V Eucleidas Lycurgus Pelops

Later rulers	Machanidas Nabis Laconicus

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