Agis ( gr, Ἄγις; died 358 BC) was founder and king of the
Paeonian kingdom. A contemporary of
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon ( grc-gre, Φίλιππος ; 382 – 21 October 336 BC) was the king ('' basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ...
, Agis was a pretender to the Macedonian throne in a time of instability.
[The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis, John Boardman, Simon Hornblower, and M. Ostwald, 1994, p. 463: "Agis, king of Paeonians"] His successor was
Lycceius
Lycceios, Lycpeios or Lyppeios (Greek
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Paeonia (kingdom)
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4th-century BC rulers