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Agesipolis II ( grc-gre, Ἀγησίπολις Bʹ; died 369 BC), son of the king
Cleombrotus I Cleombrotus I ( el, Κλεόμβροτος ; 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' early life. Son of Pausanias, he became king of Sparta after the death of h ...
, succeeded his father and reigned as Agiad King of
Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
. His rule was exceedingly brief, from, at most, 371 until his death in 369 BC. Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60 He was succeeded by his brother
Cleomenes II Cleomenes II ( grc-gre, Κλεομένης; died 309 BC) was king of Sparta from 370 to 309 BC. He was the second son of Cleombrotus I, and grandfather of Areus I, who succeeded him. Although he reigned for more than 60 years, his life ...
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369 BC deaths 4th-century BC rulers 4th-century BC Spartans Agiad kings of Sparta Year of birth unknown {{AncientGreece-bio-stub