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Archidamus - LoveToKnow 1911 Finally he was sent with a mercenary army to Italy to protect the Tarentines against the attacks of Lucanians or Messapians: he fell together with the greater part of his force at Mandonion 1 on the same day as that on which the battle of Chaeronea was fought. The son of Eudamidas I., grandson of Archidamus III. The son of Eudamidas II., grandson of Archidamus IV., brother of Agis IV. www.1911encyclopedia.org /Archidamus   (588 words)

Archidamus III They sent the statue of Archidamus to Olympia chiefly, in my opinion, on account of his death, because he met his end in a foreign land, and is the only king in Sparta who is known to have missed burial. Archidamus III (Greek:Αρχίδαμος), the son of Agesilaus II, was king of Sparta from 360 BC to 338 BC. Archidamus headed the force sent to aid the Spartan army after its defeat by the Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC and was commander later during the fighting in the Peloponnese. www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/ArchidamusIII.html   (344 words)

338 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Archidamus III, king of Sparta, and the Tarentine army are defeated in the Battle of Manduria; the king is killed. Agis III succeeds his father Archidamus III as king of Sparta Archidamus III, king of Sparta (died in battle) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/338_BC   (185 words)

Archidamus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) 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. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archidamus   (103 words)

Agis 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. He succeeded his father, probably in 427 BC, and from his first invasion of Attica in 425 BC down to the close of the Peloponnesian War was the chief leader of the Spartan operations on land. 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. encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/a/ag/agis.html   (825 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/338 BC King Archidamus III of Sparta, after five years of campaigning in southern Italy, fails to achieve any decisive results and while leading a mercenary army to help Tarentum against the Lucanians, he is killed with most of his troops at Manduria in Calabria. King Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III. Archidamus III, king of Sparta (died in battle). www.reference.com /browse/wiki/338_BC   (625 words)

Archidamus III - Search Results - MSN Encarta Archidamus III (died 338 bc), king of Sparta (360-338 bc). Archidamus II (died 427 bc), king of Sparta (476-427 bc) in the years preceding the Peloponnesian War. Archidamus III." Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece. uk.encarta.msn.com /Archidamus_III.html   (187 words)

Archidamus III - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Archidamus III, the son of Agesilaus II, was king of Sparta from 360 BC to 338 BC. In 342 BC Archidamus arrived in Italy with a fleet and an army and fought against the barbarians, but in 338 BC he was defeated and killed under the walls of Manduria. This biography of a European noble is a stub. www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Archidamus_III   (110 words)

Agis III Agis was a son of king Archidamus III of Sparta and succeeded his father in 338 BCE. At more or less the same time, the armies of the Greek towns were defeated at Chaeronea by king Philip II of Macedonia (text), who now reorganized all of Greece in the Corinthian League (text). Its aim was to attack the Achaemenid Empire, where king Artaxerxes III Ochus had died and had been succeeded by the inexperienced Artaxerxes IV Arses. www.livius.org /ag-ai/agis/agis_iii.html   (569 words)

Agis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) He succeeded his father, probably in 427 BC, and from his first invasion of Attica, Greece in 425 BC down to the close of the Peloponnesian War was the chief leader of the Spartan operations on land. He fell ill on his return from Delphi, where he had gone to dedicate a tithe of the spoils, and, probably in 401 BC, died at Sparta, where he was buried with unparalleled solemnity and pomp. Though too weak and good-natured to cope with the problem which confronted him, Agis was characterized by a sincerity of purpose and a blend of youthful modesty with royal dignity, which render him perhaps the most attractive figure in the whole of Spartan history. read-and-go.hopto.org /Kings/Agis.html   (812 words)

Kings of Sparta biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Archidamus IV Eudamidas II Agis IV Eudamidas III 241 - 228 BC. Following Cleomenes III's defeat at the Battle of Sellasia by Antigonus III Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League, the Spartan system began to break down. Agesipolis III (Agiad) 219 - 215 BC - the last Agiad King of Sparta. www.biography.ms /Kings_of_Sparta.html   (232 words)

Agis III - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Agis III (†331?) was a king of Sparta from the Eurypontid house. Agis was a son of king Archidamus III of Sparta and succeeded his father in 338 BC. Its aim was to attack the Achaemenid empire, where king Artaxerxes III Ochus had died and had been succeeded by the inexperienced Artaxerxes IV Arses. www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Agis_III   (558 words)

Greek statesmen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) After war was declared, however, Archidamus led expeditions against the cities of Attica and Plataea during the first years of the struggle. Atallus III reigned from 138 to 133 BC. The capital of the Ptolemaic state was Alexandria-a cosmopolitan city with a large Greek and Jewish population-which became one of the great commercial and intellectual centers of the ancient world. www.geocities.com /greek_statesmen   (11400 words)

List of ancient Greeks Arsinoe III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt Demetrius III of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria Ptolemy III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_ancient_greeks.html   (1017 words)

Encyclopædia Britannica Australia - king of Sparta, son of Eudamidas I, grandson of Archidamus III. 27th Spartan king of the Eurypontids, son of Eudamidas II, grandson of Archidamus IV. In 227 he was recalled by Cleomenes III, who was then... www.britannica.com.au /britannica_browse/a/a68.html   (1587 words)

The Tyranny of Women?: Sparta, Autocracy, and Feminine Power Theopompus provides further evidence of royal female influence in his account of the Phocians¹ success in bribing queen Deinicha to persuade her husband, Archidamus III, to bring them reinforcements (FGrH 115 F 312). Royal Spartan women of the Hellenistic period entered the political arena in greater numbers and to greater effect, partly because of the continuing concentration of landed wealth in the hands of women (cf. Later kings edged the traditional dyarchy further toward the Macedonian model, especially the Agiad Cleomenes III, who pursued even closer relations with the Ptolemies and effectively created a monarchy by placing his brother on the Eurypontid throne. www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/05mtg/abstracts/millender.html   (603 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. The texts, photographs, drawings and animations may not be copied and displayed in any way without written permission. www.in2greece.com /english/historymyth/history/ancient/archidamusll.htm   (82 words)

Archidamus IV --  Encyclopædia Britannica In 294 BC he was defeated by Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia in a battle at Mantinea, and Sparta was saved only because Demetrius I was called away by the threatening activities of a rival Lysimachus and Ptolemy II. In 227 he was recalled by Cleomenes III, who was then reigning without a colleague, but shortly after his return Archidamus was assassinated. Nicknamed the Maiden because of his vow of celibacy, Malcolm IV assumed the Scottish throne in 1153, at the age of 11, after the death of his grandfather, David I, the youngest son of Malcolm III. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009284   (647 words)

Agis: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Agis (2) Son of Archidamus II., Eurypontid, commonly called Agis I. 3) Son of Archidamus III., of the Eurypontid line, commonly called Agis II. 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. www.encyclopedian.com /ag/Agis.html   (827 words)

Chronology of the Greek History (405-146 B.C.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Archidamus III was killed at the battle of Manduria, Italy. Antipater defeated Agis III at the battle of Megalopolis. Ptolemy IV defeated Antiochus III at the battle of Raphia. www.thelatinlibrary.com /historians/chron.html   (2024 words)

Greek Philosophy With most of the Levant and Mesopotamia taken up with small states, there was little to stand in the way of Assyria, and in short order it became the dominant power in the Middle East. Sometimes the last Persian rulers of Egypt (Artaxerxes III, etc.) are called the "XXXI Dynasty." This proposal is an ancient one, handed down by the Christian Chronographer Julius Africanus. If so, his son, Alexander III, was untroubled, initiating Hellenistic practice by assuming divine attributes -- something else to scandalize the Greeks, if by then anyone actually cared. www.friesian.com /greek.htm   (13842 words)

civilwar.ca - Archidamus III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The Art of Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set III, Books 7-9: A Crown of Swords, the Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart Star Wars Dark Nest III the Swarm War www.civilwar.ca /Archidamus-III/reference/fullview/wikipedia/1208837   (167 words)

Archidamus III - Search Results - MSN Encarta See all search results in Photos and more (112) Search for books about your topic, "Archidamus III" Small business becomes a big deal on campus encarta.msn.com /Archidamus_III.html   (229 words)

AGIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) AGIS, the name of four Spartan kings:-- (1) Son of Eurysthenes, founder of the royal house of the Agiadae (Pausanias iii. 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. simplestartpage.com /2301_AGIS.HTML   (911 words)

AllRefer.com - Agis (Ancient History, Greece, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) B.C., acceded to the throne on the death (c.427) of his father, Archidamus II. B.C., succeeded his father Archidamus III in 338. He led a revolt of Peloponnesian cities against Alexander the Great, who was in Asia. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Agis.html   (258 words)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 72 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) § 1.) [C.., the 17th of the Eurypontid line (beginning with Procles), succeeded his father Archidamus, b. Alcibiades however received timely notice, (according to some accounts from Timaea herself) and kept out of the reach of the Spartans. 3.) [C.., the elder son of Archidamus III., was the 20th king of the Eurypontid line. www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0081.html   (1115 words)

Archidamus II --  Encyclopædia Britannica A member of the Eurypontid house (one of the two royal families of Sparta), he succeeded to the throne of his grandfather, Leotychides. When the Messenian helots (serfs) revolted against their Spartan masters following a severe earthquake about 464, Archidamus organized the defense of Sparta. More results on "Archidamus II" when you join. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009282   (776 words)

Archidamus V --  Encyclopædia Britannica He fled to Messenia after the murder of his brother Agis IV in 241 The historian Polybius accused Cleomenes of the murder, but Plutarch is probably… More results on "Archidamus V" when you join. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009285?tocId=9009285   (770 words)

Apollonios Rhodios, Greece, ancient history Apollonios was a student of Callimachus, and became the head librarian of the library of Alexandria in about 265 BC. He was to hold this post for 20 years, and also became the tutor of the crown prince who became king Ptolemaios III. During his years as head librarian, Apollonios wrote an epic poem called Argonautica, about www.in2greece.com /english/historymyth/history/ancient/apollonios_rhodios.htm   (130 words)

Agis III - Art History Online Reference and Guide Agis III - Art History Online Reference and Guide Agis III - Your Art History Reference Guide! Son of Archidamus III., of the Eurypontid line, commonly called Agis III. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Agis_III   (159 words)

The Winter's Tale Scene III A road near the Shepherd's cottage If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on Prithee, be my present partner in this business, and www.onlineshakespeare.com /winter.html   (7458 words)

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