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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, from, at most, 371 until his death in 369 BC.[2][3] He was succeeded by his brother Cleomenes II.

References

  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