- 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...
- 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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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...
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Pleistarchus (Ancient Gr****: Πλείσταρχος Pleistarchos; died c. 458 BC) was the
Agiad King of
Sparta from 480 to 458 BC.
Pleistarchus was born as a prince, likely...
- Anaxandra, and was the
father of his successor, Agis I,
founder of the
Agiad dynasty of the
Kings of Sparta. The
title of archēgetēs, "founding magistrate...
- (Ancient Gr****: Ἀναξανδρίδας,
meaning "descendant of Anaxander") was an
Agiad king of
Sparta from c. 560 BC to 524 BC,
father of
Leonidas I and grandfather...
- 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,...
-
handful of
other classical sources.
Pausanias was from the
royal house of the
Agiads.
Every male
Spartan citizen earned their citizenship by
dedicating their...
- Agis I (Gr****: Ἄγις) was a king of
Sparta and
eponym of the
Agiad dynasty. He was
possibly the
first historical king of Sparta,
reigning at the end of...
