Agesilaus II (/ əˌdʒɛsəˈleɪəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγησίλαος Agēsílāos; 445/4 – 360/59 BC) was king of Sparta from c. 400 to c. 360 BC. Generally considered the most important king in the history of Sparta, Agesilaus was the main actor during the period of Spartan hegemony that followed the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC).

Agesilaus II (born c. 444 bc —died 360, Cyrene, Cyrenaica [now in Libya]) was the king of Sparta from 399 to 360 who commanded the Spartan army throughout most of the period of Spartan supremacy (404–371) in Greece.

May 24, 2016 · Agesilaus II (c. 445 – 359 BCE) was a Spartan king who won victories in Anatolia and the Corinthian Wars but who would ultimately bring total defeat to his city through his policies against Thebes.

Dec 13, 2024 · Agesilaus II, born around 445/4 BCE, was the younger son of King Archidamus II and his second wife, Eupolia. Despite being lame, which usually led to infanticide in Sparta, Agesilaus survived—possibly due to leniency or Sparta’s declining population.

Now the succession belonging to Agis by law, Agesilaus, who in all probability was to be but a private man, was educated according to the usual discipline of the country, hard and severe, and meant to teach young men to obey their superiors.

Jul 5, 2024 · Agesilaus II, born disabled and considered to be the greatest king of Sparta and the first to go on campaign in Asia against the Persians, is the subject of three ancient Greek …

Agesilaus was still a youth (5) when he obtained the kingdom, and he was still but a novice in his office when the news came that the king of Persia was collecting a mighty armament by sea and land for the invasion of Hellas.

Agesilaus II (born c. 442 BCE) was the son of Archidamus II and Eupolia. Upon the death of his brother Agis II in 399 BCE, Agesilaus ascended to the Spartan throne with the support of his ally, the naval commander Lysander.

Xenophon's Agesilaus. The Agesilaus (/əˌdʒɛsəˈleɪəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγησίλαος) is a minor work by the Ancient Greek writer Xenophon. The Agesilaus is a posthumous biography of the eponymous Agesilaus II (c. 440 BC – c. 360 BC), the King of Sparta, general, and important patron of Xenophon.

Agesilaus I (/ əˌdʒɛsəˈleɪəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγησίλαος), son of Doryssus, was the 6th king of the Agiad line at Sparta, excluding Aristodemus. [1] According to Apollodorus of Athens, he reigned forty-four years, and died in 886 BC.