Agesipolis II

{{Short description|Agiad king of Sparta from 371 BC to 369 BC}}

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| succession = King of Sparta

| reign = 371 – 369 BC

| predecessor = Cleombrotus I

| successor = Cleomenes II

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| death_date = 369 BC

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Agesipolis II ({{langx|grc|Ἀγησίπολις Bʹ}}; died 369 BC), son of the king Cleombrotus I, succeeded his father and reigned as Agiad King of Sparta.{{Citation | last = Mason | first = Charles Peter | contribution = Agesipolis II | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 71 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0080.html | access-date = 2008-05-22 | archive-date = 2008-05-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080504052234/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0080.html | url-status = live }} His rule was exceedingly brief; it started in, at most, 371 BC until his death in 369 BC.Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 6. § 1Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60 He was succeeded by his brother Cleomenes II.

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Category:4th-century BC Spartans

Category:Agiad kings of Sparta

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