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	Archidamus II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Archidamus II was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 469 BC to 427 BC.
		He ascended the throne after his grandfather, Leotychidas II, was banished around 476 BC after being accused of bribery.
		Archidamus was one of the kings of Sparta in the years preceding the Peloponnesian War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archidamus_II (338 words)

	Archidamus II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archidamus II: king of Sparta from the Eurypontid house, ruler from 469(?) until his death in 427/426 BCE.
		The year of Zeuxidamus's death is not known, but we know that Leotychidas II was forced to leave Sparta, probably in 475, to live in exile in Tegea, because an expedition to Thessaly had ended without success and he had been accused of accepting bribes.
		In any case, his son Agis II was on the throne in the summer of 426.
	www.livius.org /ap-ark/archidamus/archidamus_ii.html (686 words)

	Archidamus II -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archidamus II was a king of (An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC) Sparta who reigned from approximately 469 BC to 427 BC.
		He ascended the throne after his grandfather, Leotychidas II, was banished around 476 BC after being accused of (The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage) bribery.
		Archidamus was one of the kings of Sparta in the years preceding the (A war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC) Peloponnesian War.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/archidamus_ii1.htm (264 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - The Plays of Shakespeare
		Archidamus is a lord of Bohemia in the winter's tale.
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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 268 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ARCHIDAMUS IV., king of Sparta, 23rd of the Eurypontids, was the son of Eudamidas I. and the grandson of Archidamus III.
		ARCHIDAMUS V., king of Sparta, 27th of the Eurypontids, was the son of Eudamidas II., and the brother of Agis IV.
		Archidamus was, however, slain almost immediately after his return to Sparta, by those who had killed his brother and who dreaded his vengeance.
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	Archidamus II -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	AGESILAUS II. - LoveToKnow Article on AGESILAUS II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		, king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid family, was the son of Archidamus II.
		and Eupolia, and younger stepbrother of Agis II., whom he succeeded about 401 B.C. Agis had, indeed, a son Leotychides, but he was set aside as illegitimate, current rumour representing him as the son of Alcibiades.
		Agesilaus' success was largely due to Lysander, who hoped to find in him a willing tool for the furtherance of his political designs; in this hope, however, Lysander war disappointed, and the increasing power of Agesilaus soon led to his downfall.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AG/AGESILAUS_II_.htm (937 words)

	Archidamus - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Archidamus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archidamus has been the name of 5 kings of Sparta.
		#Archidamus I was the name of the son of Anaxidamus.
		#Archidamus III was the son of Agesilaus II #Archidamus IV was the grandson of Archidamus III.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Archidamus.html (76 words)

	Chronology of Greek History After the Peloponnesian War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Athenians and Boeotians were defeated by Sparta under Agesilaus II at the battle of Coronea.
		Philip II was prevented from marching south at Thermopylae by Phocian troops and allies.
		Hieron II of Syracuse became an ally of Rome.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/greek-chronology.html (2315 words)

	AGIRA - LoveToKnow Article on AGIRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		(2) Son of Archidamus II., Eurypontid, commonly called Agis I. He succeeded his father, probably in 427 B.C., and from his first invasion of Attica in 425 down to the close of the Pelopon-nesian war was the chief leader of the Spartan operations on land.
		After the conclusion of the peace of Nicias (421 B.C.) he marched against the Argives in defence of Epidaurus, and after skilful manoeuvring surrounded the Argive army, and seemed to have victory within his grasp when he unaccountably concluded a four months' truce and withdrew his forces.
		He fell ill on his return from Delphi, where he had gone to dedicate a tithe of the spoils, and, probably in 401, died at Sparta, where he was buried with unparalleled solemnity and pomp.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AG/AGIRA.htm (580 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
		The Athenians are the very people of all others to do this, as they aspire to rule the rest of the world, and are more in the habit of invading and ravaging their neighbours' territory, than of seeing their own treated in the like fashion.
		With this brief speech dismissing the assembly, Archidamus first sent off Melesippus, son of Diacritus, a Spartan, to Athens, in case she should be more inclined to submit on seeing the Peloponnesians actually on the march.
		The reason why Archidamus remained in order of battle at Acharnae during this incursion, instead of descending into the plain, is said to have been this.
	classics.mit.edu /Thucydides/pelopwar.2.second.html (10241 words)

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		Hence II 65 sets the Sicilian expedition not only in the perspective of Athens' political weakness, of which more will be said presently, but also in that of her great initial strength which, as the burden of the first book, provides the basis of Pericles' confident prognosis (I 141.2-144).
		I 121.4, 142.6-9, II 89.8, III 78, VI 18.6, 68.2, 69.1, VII 36.4.
		Pericles himself had warned the Athenians against their own veering moods (I 140.1, II 61.2), and during the plague, which is described as somewhat similar to war m its effects, (note 46) they were sufficiently demoralized to reject both him and his policies.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /Thucydides/Finley/FinleyEssay3.html (9648 words)

	AGIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tradition ascribed to him the capture of the maritime town of Helos, which resisted his attempt to curtail its guaranteed rights, and the institution of the class of serfs called Helots (q.v..) Ephorus ap.
		He succeeded his father, probably in 427 B.C., and from his first invasion of Attica in 425 down to the close of the Peloponnesian war was the chief leader of the Spartan operations on land.
		Antipater marched rapidly to its relief at the head of a large army, and the allied force was defeated after a desperate struggle (331) and Agis was slain.
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	Greek statesmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alexander, born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia, was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia, and of Olympias, a princess of Epirus.
		After war was declared, however, Archidamus led expeditions against the cities of Attica and Plataea during the first years of the struggle.
		In 395, at the outbreak of war with Boeotia, headed by Corinth and Thebes, Lysander was appointed to the command of a Spartan army and dispatched to Boeotia, where he was killed in an assault on Haliartus.
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	Cleomenes III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cleomenes III was the son of Leonidas II.
		Less squeamish than his predecessor, in 227 BC the opposition in Sparta were removed in a coup - four of the five ephors were killed and eighty opponents were exiled.
		He deposed his colleague Archidamus V and installed his brother Eucleidas as co-ruler.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Rulers-of-Sparta/Cleomenes-III.html (353 words)

	Chronology of Greek History After the Peloponnesian War
		Mamertines were defeated by Hieron II at the battle of Longanus River.
		Revolt of Alexander of Corinth against Antigonus II Gonatas on the death of Craterus the Younger.
		Leonidas II was deposed as king by Agis IV Attalus I became ruler of Pergamum.
	hronos.km.ru /english/greek_hist.html (1770 words)

	Archidamus II - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Archidamus II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Archidamus II - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Archidamus II Archidamus II - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Archidamus II.
		Here you will find more informations about Archidamus II.
		The orginal Archidamus II article can be editet
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	PelopWar1
		The decision at Sparta: It was Sparta, moved by her allies, which broke the peace.
		Archidamus argues that Athens has long walls and fleet, it will be difficult to attack her effectively; moreover, Athenians can, with their fleet, attack us at will.
		There the plague, which originated in Africa, had a terrifying effect during in 430 and 429, on both manpower (of 13,000 hoplites, 4400 died) and morale (see II, 47-65) It did provide some relief from the Spartan incursions.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~klio/gr/13-pelwar1.htm (1019 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Agesilaus II
		Plutarch was a Greek biographer and essayist who lived in the 1st century ad.
		Archidamus III (died 338 bc), king of Sparta (360-338 bc).
		He led the Spartan forces during the reign of his father Agesilaus II against the army of...
	encarta.msn.com /Agesilaus_II.html (169 words)

	Agesilaus, II Biography / Biography of Agesilaus, II Biography Biography
		Through military might he made his state supreme in Greece by about 380 B.C. Agesilaus was a son of the Spartan king Archidamus II.
		Agesilaus was not in the direct line of succession after his elder brother King Agis II died, but the powerful military commander Lysander contrived to have Agis's son disqualified as a bastard fathered by Alcibiades and engineered Agesilaus's election as king about 399.
		Ancient sources on Agesilaus II are Xenophon's Agesilaus and Hellenica; "Life of Agesilaus" in Plutarch's Lives; and "Agesilaus" in The Lives of Cornelius Nepos.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-agesilaus-ii (630 words)

	Hellenica - Chapter IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The city of Lacedaemon, annoyed at the siege of their citizens, sent out an army, again under Archidamus, who, when he had come, set about ravaging Arcadia to the best of his power, as also the Sciritid, and did all he could to draw off, if possible, the besieging army.
		Before long Archidamus had received a wound which pierced through his thigh, whilst death was busy with those who fought in front of him, Polyaenidas and Chilon, who was wedded to the sister of Archidamus, included.
		The Lacedaemonians, on the other hand, were sorely down-hearted: Archidamus lay wounded before their eyes; in their ears rang the names of those who had died, the fallen being not only brave men, but, one may say, the flower of Spartan chivalry.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/historical/Hellenica/chap38.html (4176 words)

	Archidamus V -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In 227 he was recalled by Cleomenes III, who was then reigning without a colleague, but shortly after his return Archidamus was assassinated.
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009285?tocId=9009285 (819 words)

	Archidamus II, Greece, ancient history
		Archidamus II King of Sparta 476 - 427 BC who lead expeditions against the Athenians in the first years of the Peloponnesian War.
		Archidamus II had tried to avoid war with Athens because of his friendship with Pericles but was finally forced to attack.
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	www.in2greece.com /english/historymyth/history/ancient/archidamusll.htm (82 words)

	Agis II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Agis II (400/399): Spartan king from the Eurypontid house, ruled 427-400/399.
		Agis was born as the son of king Archidamus II of Sparta, and succeeded him after his death.
		It is common to say that he succeeded Archidamus in 427, but it may have been late in 428 or early in 426.
	www.livius.org /ag-ai/agis/agis_ii.html (1193 words)

	Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare: A searchable online version at The Literature Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the chaotic aftermath of the first storm of Leontes' jealousy, with Hermione in jail and a pending trail, Paulina can be seen as not only a passionate, confident, eloquent woman, but also the voice of reason and conscience, the harbinger of hope and Hermione's voice.
		She is much respected and possesses authority, which is recognised by both the gaoler and Emilia, which address her as 'worthy lady' and 'worthy madam' respectively.
		In act II, the beginings of that can be seen as Paulina champions Hermione in her absence.
	www.online-literature.com /shakespeare/winter (2757 words)

	Articles - Agesilaus II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II, king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid family, was the son of Archidamus II and Eupolia, and younger step-brother of Agis II, whom he succeeded about 401 BC.
		It was said that he was planning a campaign in the interior, or even an attack on Artaxerxes II himself, when he was recalled to Greece owing to the war between Sparta and the combined forces of Athens, Thebes, Corinth, Argos and several minor states.
		In order to gain money for prosecuting the war Agesilaus had supported the revolted satraps, and in 361 BC he went to Egypt at the head of a mercenary force to aid Tachos against Persia.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Agesilaus (992 words)

	The History of the Peloponnesian War: Chapter VIII
		He had encamped his army and was about to lay waste the country, when the Plataeans hastened to send envoys to him, and spoke as follows: "Archidamus and Lacedaemonians, in invading the Plataean territory, you do what is wrong in itself, and worthy neither of yourselves nor of the fathers who begot you.
		I could wish that you would share our labours and abide by the oaths yourselves; if this is impossible, do what we have already required of you—remain neutral, enjoying your own; join neither side, but receive both as friends, neither as allies for the war.
		First he enclosed the town with a palisade formed of the fruit-trees which they cut down, to prevent further egress from Plataea; next they threw up a mound against the city, hoping that the largeness of the force employed would ensure the speedy reduction of the place.
	www.thucydides.co.uk /history_of_the_peloponnesian_war/viii.htm (5100 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. XIV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dionysius's version is quite wrong as given by Justellus and in the Munich edition, changing the negative into the affirmative in the phrase ne unus de duobus.
		The canon, moreover, admonishes that the bishop with regard to whose sentence the dispute has arisen shah patiently consent to the discussion of the matter de novo, whether his decision be sustained by the majority or emended.
		Bishop Januarius said: Let your holiness also decree this, that no bishop be allowed to try to gain for himself a minister in the church of a bishop of another city and ordain him to one of his own parishes.
	www.ccel.org /fathers2/NPNF2-14/Npnf2-14-141.htm (6885 words)

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