Archidamus II

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Archidamus II was a 5th-century BC king of Sparta from the Eurypontid dynasty, noted for his leadership in the early phase of the Peloponnesian War.

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Archidamus II canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurypontid king
ancient Greek person
king of Sparta
allianceLeaderOf Peloponnesian League
associatedConflict Peloponnesian War
campaign Invasion of Attica in 431 BC
Operations in the region of Plataea
centuryOfActivity 5th century BC
child Agesilaus II
Agis II
co-ruledWith Pleistarchus
Pleistoanax
country Sparta
culture Ancient Greek
deathDate c. 427 BC
dynasty Eurypontid dynasty
ethnicity Spartan
father Zeuxidamus
governmentForm Spartan dual kingship
grandfather Leotychidas II
historicalPeriod Classical Greece
house Eurypontid house
knownFromSource Diodorus Siculus
Plutarch
Thucydides
language Ancient Greek
militaryRole Spartan commander
name Archidamus II self-link
notableFor advocacy of caution against immediate war with Athens
leadership in the early phase of the Peloponnesian War
notableSpeech Speech in the Spartan assembly urging delay before war with Athens
opposedPolicyOf immediate aggressive war against Athens
polity Sparta
surface form: Lacedaemon
predecessor Leotychidas II
region Peloponnese
reignEnd c. 427 BC
reignStart c. 469 BC
religion Ancient Greek religion
role military leader
political leader
spouse Lampito
successor Agis II
title Basileus of Sparta

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Archidamian War namedAfter Archidamus II
Archidamian War commandedBy Archidamus II
Spartan king Pleistoanax coKingWith Archidamus II
subject surface form: Pleistoanax
Archidamus II name Archidamus II self-link
Leotychidas II successor Archidamus II
Pleistoanax coRuler Archidamus II