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Agiad king of Sparta from 371 BC to 369 BC
Agesipolis II
King of Sparta
Reign371 – 369 BC
PredecessorCleombrotus I
SuccessorCleomenes II

Agesipolis II (Ancient Greek: Ἀγησίπολις Bʹ; died 369 BC), son of the king Cleombrotus I, succeeded his father and reigned as Agiad King of Sparta. His rule was exceedingly brief; it started in, at most, 371 BC until his death in 369 BC. 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, archived from the original on 2008-05-04, retrieved 2008-05-22
  2. Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 6. § 1
  3. Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60
Preceded byCleombrotus I Agiad King of Sparta
371–369 BC
Succeeded byCleomenes II
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