Kings of Sparta

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Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. It was unusual among Greek city-states in that it maintained its Kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, coming from two separate lines. According to tradition, the two lines, the Agiads and Eurypontids, were descended from the twins Eurysthenes (the Agiads) and Procles, the descendants of Heracles who supposedly conquered Sparta two generations after the Trojan War. Although there are lists of the earlier purported Kings of Sparta, there is little evidence for the existence of any kings before the mid 6th Century BC or so.

1 Agiad dynasty
2 Eurypontid dynasty
3 After Sellasia
4 External links

[edit] Agiad dynasty

Eurysthenes ? - c.930 BC
Agis I c.930 - c.900 BC
Echestratus c.900 - c.870 BC
Leobates c.870 - c.840 BC
Dorissus c.840 - c.820 BC
Agesilaus I c.820 - c.790 BC
Archilaus c.790 - c.760 BC
Teleclus c.760 - c.740 BC
Alcmenes c.740 - c.700 BC
Polydorus c.700 - c.665 BC
Eurycrates c.665 - c.640 BC
Anaxander c.640 - c.615 BC
Eurycratides c.615 - c.590 BC
Lindius c.590 - 560 BC
Anaxandridas II c.560 - c.520 BC
Cleomenes I c.520 - c.490 BC.
Leonidas I c.490 - 480 BC.
Pleistarchus 480 - c.459 BC
Pleistoanax c.459 - 409 BC
Pausanias 409 - 395 BC
Agesipolis I 395 - 380 BC.
Cleombrotus I 380 - 371 BC.
Agesipolis II 371 - 370 BC.
Cleomenes II 370 - 309 BC.
Areus I 309 - 265 BC
Acrotatus 265 - 262 BC.
Areus II 262 - 254 BC
Leonidas II 254 - 235 BC.
Cleomenes III 235 - 222 BC.

[edit] Eurypontid dynasty

Arlendius - c.930 BC
Soos ? - c.890 BC
Eurypon c.890 - c.860 BC
Prytanis c.860 - c.830 BC
Polydectes c.830 - c.800 BC
Eunomus c.800 - c.780 BC
Charilaus c.780 - c.750 BC
Nicander c.750 - c.720 BC
Theopompus c.720 - c.675 BC
Anaxandridas I c.675 - c.645 BC
Zeuxidamas c.645 - c.625 BC
Anaxidamus c.625 - c.600 BC
Archidamus I c.600 - c.575 BC
Agasicles c.575 - c.550 BC
Ariston c.550 - c.515 BC
Demaratus c.515 - c.491 BC.
Leotychidas c.491 - 469 BC.
Archidamus II 469 - 427 BC.
Agis II 427 - 401/400 BC.
Agesilaus II 401/400 - 360 BC.
Archidamus III 360 - 338 BC.
Agis III 338 - 331 BC.
Eudamidas I 331 - c.305 BC.
Archidamus IV c.305 - c.275 BC.
Eudamidas II c.275 - c.245 BC.
Agis IV c.245 - 241 BC.
Eudamidas III 241 - 228 BC.
Archidamus V 228 - 227 BC.
Eucleidas 227 - 221 BC (Eucleidas was actually an Agiad - his brother Cleomenes III deposed his Eurypontid colleague and installed his brother as co-ruler)

[edit] After Sellasia

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. Sparta was a republic from 221 to 219 BC.

Agesipolis III (Agiad) 219 - 215 BC - the last Agiad King of Sparta.
Lycurgus (king) (Eurypontid) 219 - 210 BC
Machanidas (a tyrant) 210 - 207 BC
Pelops (king) (Eurypontid) 210 - 206 BC - last King from either of the old dynasties, opponent of Machanidas.
Nabis (an usurper) 206 - 192 BC