Areus I (d. 265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC, who died in battle near Corinth during the Chremonidean War. Events By place Greece Although the Egyptian fleet blockades the Saronic Gulf, the Macedonian King Antigonus II Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. Events By place Asia Minor Ptolemy personally commands a fleet that captures the coastal regions of Lycia and Caria Events By place Greece Although the Egyptian fleet blockades the Saronic Gulf, the Macedonian King Antigonus II The Chremonidean War (Χρεμωνίδειος πόλεμος ( 267 BCE - 261 BCE) was fought by a coalition of Greek city-states against Macedonian
Military Success
In 272 BC Areus I successfully repelled Pyrrhus of Epirus from Laconia. Events By place Seleucid Empire The Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II during Pyrrhus (318-272 BC ( Greek: Πύρρος Aιακιδης Pyrros Aiakides was one of the most successful ancient Greek generals of the Hellenistic . In 272 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus with 25,000 foot soldiers, 2,000 cavalry, and 24 elephants marched into Laconia on the false pretense of “set[ting] free the cities which were subject to Antigonus” and “to send his younger sons to Sparta, if nothing prevented, to be brought up in the Lacedaemonian customs. ” While Areus was in Crete, Pyrrhus set siege to Sparta. The men and women of Sparta dug a trench around the city for defenses. After a day of fighting, the Spartans had held off Pyrrhus. By the end of the second day of fighting, Areus returned from Crete with 2,000 soldiers and aid from Corinth arrived.
References
Plutarch Lives: Pyrrhus xxvi - xxix
| Preceded by Cleomenes II |
Agiad King of Sparta 309–265 BC |
Succeeded by Acrotatus II |
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