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Agis II
King of Sparta
Reign427 BC – 400\400 BC
BirthplaceSparta
Died401 BC
Place of deathSparta
PredecessorArchidamus II
SuccessorAgesilaus II
ConsortTimaea
IssueLeotychides (possibly illegitimate)
DynastyEurypontid
FatherArchidamus II
For other uses of this name, see Agis. Events By place Greece Sparta 's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II. Events By place Persian empire Cyrus the Younger uses a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes II King of Persia appoints Tissaphernes to take over all the districts in The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Events By place Persian empire Cyrus the Younger uses a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Archidamus II' was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 476 BC to 427 BC Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II ( Greek) (444 BC &ndash 360 BC was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty ruling from approximately Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. Archidamus II' was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 476 BC to 427 BC

Agis II (Gr. Ἄγις) (d. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c c. 401 BC) was the 17th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half brother of Agesilaus. Events By place Persian empire Cyrus the Younger uses a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Archidamus II' was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 476 BC to 427 BC Agesilaus ( Greek) was a Greek historian who wrote a work on the early history of Italy fragments of which are preserved in Plutarch 's "Parallel Lives" [1] He ruled with his Agiad co-monarch Pausanius. Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. Pausanias ( Greek Παυσανίας) King of Sparta from 409 BC [2]

Agis succeeded his father Archidamus in 427 BC, and reigned a little more than 28 years. Archidamus II' was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 476 BC to 427 BC Events By place Greece Sparta 's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II. In the summer of 426 BC, he led an army of Peloponnesians and their allies as far as the isthmus, with the intention of invading Attica; but they were deterred from advancing farther by a succession of earthquakes which hap­pened when they had got so far. Events By place Greece The Athenian leader Cleon and Athenian general Demosthenes revitalise the city's military and The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula Attica (Αττική Attikí;) is a periphery (subdivision in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece [3] In the spring of the following year he led an army into Attica, but quitted it fifteen days after he had entered it. Attica (Αττική Attikí;) is a periphery (subdivision in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece [4] In 419 BC, the Argives, at the instigation of Alcibiades, attacked Epidaurus; and Agis with the whole force of Lacedaemon set out at the same time and marched to the frontier city, Leuctra. Events By place Greece Despite the Peace of Nicias still being in effect Sparta 's King Agis II gathers a strong army Agros may refer to Agros, a village on Troodos mountains in Cyprus Agros, a place in the island of Corfu Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (ˌælsɨˈbaɪədiːz (pronunciation Greek:, transliterated Alkibiádēs Kleiníou Skambōnidēs) meaning Alcibiades Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος Epidavros) was a small city ( Polis) in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. Leuctra was a village in ancient Greece, in Boeotia, seven miles southwest of Thebes. No one, Thucydides tells us, knew the purpose of this expedition. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek It was probably to make a diver­sion in favor of Epidaurus. Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος Epidavros) was a small city ( Polis) in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. [5]

At Leuctra the unfavorable aspect of the sacrifices deterred him from proceeding. He therefore led his troops back, and sent round notice to the allies to be ready for an expedition at the end of the sacred month of the Carnean festival; and when the Argives repeated their attack on Epidaurus, the Spartans again marched to the frontier town, Caryae, and again turned back, professedly on account of the aspect of the victims. Carnea was the name of one of the great national festivals of Sparta, held in honour of Apollo Carneus. The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη In the mid­dle of the following summer (418 BC) the Epidaurians being still hard pressed by the Argives, the Lacedaemonians with their whole force and some allies, under the command of Agis, invaded Argolis. Events By place Greece King Agis II of Sparta escapes having his house razed and being fined 100000 Drachmae for Argolis (Αργολίδα Argolída, aɾɣo̞ˈliða Argolís in Ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the fifty-one Prefectures of By a skillful maneuvre he succeeded in intercepting the Argives, and posted his army ad­vantageously between them and the city. But just as the battle was about to begin, the Argive general Thrasyllus and Alciphron came to Agis and prevailed on him to conclude a truce for four months. Thrasyllus was an Athenian Strategos (general and statesman who rose to prominence in the later years of the Peloponnesian War.

Agis, without disclosing his motives, pulled his army back. On his return he was severely censured for having thus thrown away the oppor­tunity of reducing Argos, especially as the Argives had seized the opportunity afforded by his return and taken Orchomenos. Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor It was proposed to pull down his house, and inflict on him a fine of 100,000 drachmas. Drachma, pl drachmas or drachmae (δραχμή pl δραχμές or δραχμαί (until 1982 is the name of An ancient currency unit found in many But on his earnest entreaty they con­tented themselves with appointing a council of war, consisting of 10 Spartans, without whom he was not to lead an army out of the city. [6] Shortly afterwards they received intelligence from Tegea, that, if not promptly reinforced, the party favorable to Sparta in that city would be compelled to surrender. Tegea was a settlement in ancient Greece and it is also a municipality in modern Arcadia, Greece, with its seat in the village Stadio. The Spartans immediately sent their whole force under the com­mand of Agis. He restored stability at Tegea, and then marched to Mantineia. Mantineia ( Greek: Μαντίνεια formerly also Antigonia - Αντιγόνεια was a city in ancient Arcadia in the central Peloponnese By turning the waters to flood the lands of Mantineia, he succeeded in drawing the army of the Mantineans and Athenians down to the level ground. A bat­tle ensued, in which the Spartans were victorious. The Battle of Mantinea was reckoned one of the most important battles ever fought between Grecian states. The Battle of Mantinea was a significant battle in the Peloponnesian War. [7]

In 417 BC, when news reached Sparta of the counter-revolution at Argos, in which the oligarchical and Spartan faction was overthrown, an army was sent there under Agis. Events By place Greece Following the loss by Athens and its allies in the Battle of Mantinea, a political "tug of war" Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor He was unable to restore the defeated party, but he destroyed the long walls which the Argives had begun to carry down to the sea, and took Hysiae. [8] In the spring of 413 BC, Agis entered Attica with a Peloponnesian army, and fortified Decelea;[9] and in the winter of the same year, after the news of the disastrous fate of the Sicilian expedition had reached Greece, he marched northwards to levy contributions on the allies of Sparta, for the purpose of constructing a fleet. Events By place Greece After suffering a defeat in which the Athenian commander Lamachus is killed Demosthenes suggests Attica (Αττική Attikí;) is a periphery (subdivision in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece Decelea (Greek Δεκέλεια modern Dekeleia or Dekelia, Deceleia or Decelia, previous name Tatoi, was an ancient village in While at Decelea he acted largely independent of the Spar­tan government, and received embassies from the disaffected allies of the Athenians, as from the Boeotians and other allies of Sparta. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the [10] He seems to have remained at Decelea until the end of the Peloponnesian War. In 411 BC, during the administration of the Four Hundred, he made an unsuccessful attempt on Athens itself. Events By place Greece The Democracy of Athens is overthrown by the oligarchic extremists Antiphon, The Four Hundred (Greek οἱ τετρακόσιοι was a short-lived Oligarchic body that held power in Athens during the Peloponnesian War from June Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's [11] Afterwards the focus of the Peloponnesian War shifted to Asia, and Lysander assumed a greater role in the siege of Athens. Lysander (died 395 BC Λύσανδρος, Lýsandros) was a Spartan General and the commander of the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont which was victorious Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's After victory was secured, Agis voted to charge his Agiad co-monarch Pausanius with treason, but Pausanias was acquitted. Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. Pausanias ( Greek Παυσανίας) King of Sparta from 409 BC [12]

In 401 BC, the command of the war against the notoriously disloyal Elis was entrust­ed to Agis, who in the third year compelled the Eleans to sue for peace, acknowledge the freedom of their Perioeci (citizens of cities conquered by Sparta, who were given some privileges), and to allow Spartans to take part in the Olympic Games and sacrifices. Events By place Persian empire Cyrus the Younger uses a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext Elis, or Eleia ( Greek, Modern Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient Ēlis, Doric: Alis, Elean: Walis) is an ancient The perioeci, or perioikoi, were the members of an autonomous group of free but non-citizen inhabitants of Sparta. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games [2] As he was returning from Delphi, where he had gone to consecrate a tenth of the spoil, he fell sick at Heraea in Arcadia, and died in the course of a few days after he reached Sparta. Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. [13] He was buried in Sparta, with unparalleled solemnity and pomp. [2]

Agis left a son, Leotychides, who however was excluded from the throne, as there was some suspicion with regard to his legitimacy. While Alcibiades was at Sparta he made Agis his enemy. Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (ˌælsɨˈbaɪədiːz (pronunciation Greek:, transliterated Alkibiádēs Kleiníou Skambōnidēs) meaning Alcibiades Later writers assign as a reason that Agis suspected Alcibiades of having slept with his queen, Timaea (and fathered Leotychides). [14][15] It was probably at the suggestion of Agis that orders were sent out to Astyochus to put him to death. Alcibiades however received warning (according to some accounts from Timaea herself), and evaded the Spartans. [16][17]

References

  1. ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), “Agis (2)”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849 originally published 1844 under a slightly different title is an Encyclopedia / Biographical dictionary 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. Little Brown and Company is a publishing house established by Charles Coffin Little and his partner James Brown. 72 
  2. ^ a b c Agis II from Livius.Org
  3. ^ Thucydides, iii. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 89
  4. ^ Thucydides, iv. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 2, 6
  5. ^ Connop Thirlwall, vol. Connop Thirlwall ( January 11 1797 - July 27, 1875) was an English bishop (in Wales) and Historian. iii. p. 342
  6. ^ Thucydides v. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 54, 57, &c.
  7. ^ Thucydides v. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 71—73
  8. ^ Thucydides v. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 83
  9. ^ Thucydides vii. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 19, 27
  10. ^ Thucydides viii. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 3, 5
  11. ^ Thucydides viii. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 71
  12. ^ Cartledge, Paul Anthony (1996), “Agis II”, in Hornblower, Simon, Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press 
  13. ^ Xenophon, Hellenica iii. The Oxford Classical Dictionary ( OCD) is the standard one-volume Encyclopedia in English of topics relating to Ancient Greece and Xenophon (Ancient Greek, Modern Greek "Ξενοφών" "Ξενοφώντας" ca 2. § 21, &c. 3. § 1—4
  14. ^ Justin, v. 2
  15. ^ Plutarch, Alcibiades 23
  16. ^ Thucydides viii. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (ˌælsɨˈbaɪədiːz (pronunciation Greek:, transliterated Alkibiádēs Kleiníou Skambōnidēs) meaning Alcibiades Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek 12, 45
  17. ^ Plutarch, Lysand. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c 22. Agesil. 3
Preceded by
Archidamus II		Eurypontid King of Sparta
427 BC– 401/400 BC. Archidamus II' was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 476 BC to 427 BC Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. Events By place Greece Sparta 's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II. Events By place Persian empire Cyrus the Younger uses a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes II King of Persia appoints Tissaphernes to take over all the districts in 		Succeeded by
Agesilaus II
Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II ( Greek) (444 BC &ndash 360 BC was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty ruling from approximately
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