Archidamus II (Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Archídāmos; died 427/6 BC) was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 469/8 BC to 427/6 BC. His father was Zeuxidamus...

Archidamus may refer to: one of several kings of Sparta: Archidamus I (c. 600–575 BC) Archidamus II (469–427 BC) Archidamus III (360–338 BC) Archidamus...

sentenced to exile and his house burned. He was succeeded by his grandson, Archidamus II, son of his son Zeuxidamus, called Cyniscus, who had died in his father's...

Agis II (Greek: Ἄγις; died c. 399 BC) was the 18th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half-brother of Agesilaus...

Archidamus III (died 338 BC) /ˌɑːrkɪˈdeɪməs/ (Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Archídamos) was the son of Agesilaus II and king of Sparta from 360 to 338 BC. While still...

named the Ten Years War, or the Archidamian War, after the Spartan king Archidamus II, who invaded Attica several times with the full hoplite army of the...

ranks of the Spartan aristocracy, she married Archidamus II. Eupolia is also the mother of Agesilaus II, a major king of Sparta, Cynisca, the first woman...

source on this story may have been Agis II, son of Archidamus, which would explain the favourable picture of Archidamus in his History of the Peloponnesian...

was embalmed in wax, and buried at Sparta. He was succeeded by his son Archidamus III. Agesilaus was of small stature and unimpressive appearance, and was...

Athens 432 End of "Golden Age" of Athens 431 Sparta commanded by King Archidamus II prepares to destroy Athens thus starting the Peloponnesian War. 431...

matched in this role with the future king Agesilaus, the younger son of Archidamus II. Nothing is known of Lysander's actual career before he was elected...

the History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides quotes a speech by Archidamus II wherein he stressed the importance for Sparta of civic education for...

Athens appeal to Persia, but without result. The Spartans, led by King Archidamus II, invade Attica effectively starting the first phase of the Peloponnesian...

Aristophanes produces Daitaleis (The Banqueters) Sparta's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II. Following the surrender of Mytilene to Athens, the...

228 and 227 BC. He was the son of Eudamidas II and Agesistrata and through him the grandson of Archidamus IV, after whom he was named. After his brother...

Cynurensian bandits were common in the lands. Or Labotes, Leobotes. Agesilaus II, distinguished king of Sparta, being asked which was the greater virtue, valor...

out and in 431 BC Archidamus was forced to go to war with the Delian League. However, in 427 BC, Archidamus II died and his son, Agis II succeeded to the...

of exile is passed upon him; his house is razed, and his grandson, Archidamus II, ascends the Spartan throne in his place. Cimon of Athens increases...

attack the Spartans whom they think are disarmed. The intervention of Archidamus II, who calls the Lacedaemonians to arms, simultaneously saves them from...

failed, but in 429 BC the Thebans' allies, the Spartans under their king Archidamus II, laid siege to the city. Left unaided by Athens, the Plataeans finally...

showed itself weak. In 431 BC, while peace already was precarious, Archidamus II, Sparta's king, sent a new delegation to Athens, demanding that the...

daughter of King Archidamus II and his wife Eupolia. She was probably half-sister to Agis II (r. 427–400 BC) and full sister to Agesilaus II (r. 400–360 BC)...

against their Spartan masters following the severe earthquake, King Archidamus II organises the defence of Sparta. The helots fortify themselves at Mount...

"Archidamian War" after the Spartan king who invaded Attica when it began, Archidamus II. The war resumed in 415 BC and lasted until 404 BC. In 415 BC, Athens...

(modern-day) Qufu. 477 BC: The Delian League is inaugurated. 476 BC: Archidamus II succeeds his grandfather Leotychides, who is banished to Tegea, as king...

Plutarch relates that, when Thucydides was asked by Sparta's king, Archidamus II, if he or Pericles was a better fighter, Thucydides answered without...

ban, or the penalty's enforcement. The Spartan Cynisca, daughter of Archidamus II, entered and won the Olympic chariot race, twice as owner and trainer...

a publication now in the public domain: Tod, Marcus Niebuhr (1911). "Archidamus s.v. 2". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed...

stage of the war (known as the Archidamian War for the Spartan king Archidamus II) lasted until 421 BC with the signing of the Peace of Nicias. It began...

of exile is passed upon him; his house is razed, and his grandson, Archidamus II, ascends the Spartan throne in his place. Cimon of Athens increases...