• years. Agis was succeeded by his brother Eudamidas I. Cartledge, Hellenistic and Roman Sparta, p. 10. Badian, "Agis III", p. 171. Badian, "Agis III", pp...
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  • itself. The Persians agreed to support Agis; however, they could only spare him 30 talents and 10 ships. Agis also recruited the Greek mercenary survivors...
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  • itself. The Persians agreed to support Agis; however, they could only spare for him 30 talents and 10 ships. Agis also recruited the Greek mercenary survivors...
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  • Agis or AGIS may refer to: Agis I (died 900 BC), Spartan king Agis II (died 401 BC), Spartan king Agis III (died 331 BC), Spartan king Agis IV (265–241...
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    during Agis' minority, as he was born c.265. The most likely candidate is his uncle Agesilaus, who played an important role during Agis' reign. Agis' mother...
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    (see Battle of Thermopylae in popular culture). Agesilaus II – king Agis I – king Agis II – king Chilon – philosopher Chionis (7th century BC) – athlete...
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    the walls of the Messapian city of Manduria. He was succeeded by his son Agis III, and was also the father of Eudamidas I and another son named Agesilaus...
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  • hard-fought Battle of Megalopolis in Arcadia against Agis III of Sparta and his Greek mercenaries. Agis III is killed, and Spartan resistance is broken.[citation...
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  • Εὐδαμίδας) was Spartan king between 331 and c. 300 BC. He succeeded his brother Agis III, who died at the battle of Megalopolis against Macedonia. Eudamidas' reign...
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    capital of Arcadia, which Agis III's forces besiege. Alexander's regent Antipater leads the Macedonians to victory over King Agis III in the Battle of Megalopolis...
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  • generals Thrasyllus and Alciphron met with Agis and prevailed on him to conclude a truce for four months. Agis, without disclosing his motives, pulled his...
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    Failure, John D. Grainger, pp61-2 The Spartan Army J. F. Lazenby p. 169 Agis III Agis III, by E. Badian © 1967 – Jstor Diodorus, World History Diodorus, World...
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  • at Manduria in Calabria. King Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III. Carthage makes another effort to conquer...
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    the Macedonian governor of the region, followed shortly by the revolt of Agis III, king of Sparta. The Spartans, who were not members of the League of Corinth...
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    during his absence. The one exception was a call to arms by Spartan king Agis III in 331 BC, whom Antipater defeated and killed in the battle of Megalopolis...
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  • dynasties themselves, however, were named after the twins' grandsons, the kings Agis I and Eurypon, respectively. The Agiad line was regarded as being senior...
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    treated the captured women with great respect. Later, the Spartan king Agis III recruited the Greek mercenary survivors of the Battle of Issus who had...
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    Sparta is found leading allies for the first time since the defeat of Agis III at Megalopolis in 331. Sparta did not frontally attack Macedonia though...
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    their losses during the War of Agis III, but also because the war was led by Athens, which had refused to support Agis. In addition, Sparta did not want...
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  • harshly criticise Tarn's findings. For example, in his 1971's article on Agis III, Badian wrote that Tarn was "blinded by even more than his usual prejudice...
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    at Manduria in Calabria. King Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III. Carthage makes another effort to conquer...
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    Eurypontid King, Agis IV. Cleomenes' brother-in-law, Cleombrotus, who was a supporter of Agis, became king. Meanwhile, having started his reforms Agis went on...
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    Darius III, and Parysatis II, youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III, at the Susa weddings in 324 BC. Meanwhile, in Greece, the Spartan king Agis III attempted...
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  • opponents to Alexander. When discussing the revolt of the Spartan king Agis III in 331 BC, Badian added that Tarn "distort[ed] the actual facts in an all...
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    World War III, World War 3, WWIII, WW3, or the Third World War are the names given to a hypothetical global conflict subsequent to World War I and World...
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  • given to the Eurypontid Agesilaus II (r. 400–c.360), Archidamus III (r. 360–338), and Agis III (r. 338–331). As the Spartans notably kept their policies secret...
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  • 2003, p. 142. Around "Year 5 III Shemu day 9" of Ramesses II's reign (James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. III, p. 317) or more precisely:...
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  • King of Sparta Agesipolis III – King of Sparta Agis I – King of Sparta Agis II – King of Sparta Agis III – King of Sparta Agis IV – King of Sparta Aglaonike...
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  •  400–360 BC), Eurypontid king of Sparta, brother of Agis II Agesilaus (general), brother to Agis III, Eurypontid king of Sparta (r. 338–331 BC) Agesilaus...
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    only disturbance to Macedonian rule was the attempt by the Spartan king Agis III to lead a rebellion of the Greeks against the Macedonians. However, he...
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