Agiad dynasty

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Spartan royal dynasty ancient Greek dynasty

The Agiad dynasty was one of the two hereditary royal families of ancient Sparta, traditionally traced back to the legendary hero Heracles and ruling alongside the Eurypontid line.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Agiad dynasty canonical 7
Agiad house of Sparta 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan royal dynasty ⓘ
ancient Greek dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Spartan expansion in the Peloponnese ⓘ
Spartan military leadership ⓘ
capital Sparta ⓘ
checkedBy Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ
surface form: Ephorate

Gerousia ⓘ
claimedDescentFrom Heracleidae ⓘ
surface form: Heraclids
coexistedWith Eurypontid dynasty ⓘ
country Sparta ⓘ
dynasticHouse Heraclid ⓘ
endCause Roman domination of Greece ⓘ
decline of Spartan power ⓘ
ethnicity Dorian ⓘ
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasParallelInstitution Eurypontid kingship ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct dynasty ⓘ
knownFor leadership at the Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
participation in the Persian Wars ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Peloponnese ⓘ
mythicalAncestor Heracles ⓘ
namedAfter King Agis I ⓘ
notableMember Agesilaus II ⓘ
Cleomenes I of Sparta ⓘ
surface form: Cleomenes I

Leonidas I ⓘ
Pausanias the Regent ⓘ
surface form: Pausanias (regent)
numberOfKingsSimultaneously 1 ⓘ
originatesFrom Dorians ⓘ
surface form: Dorian Greeks
partOf Spartan constitution ⓘ
Spartan dual kingship ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Spartan oligarchy ⓘ
position Spartan kingship ⓘ
primaryRole judicial authority ⓘ
military command ⓘ
religious leadership ⓘ
region Laconia ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ruled Sparta ⓘ
ruledAlongside Eurypontid dynasty ⓘ
sharesPowerWith Eurypontid dynasty ⓘ
sourceMention Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
surface form: Pausanias (geographer)
succession patrilineal primogeniture ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
traditionallyTracedBackTo Heracles ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy diarchy component ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spartan king Pleistoanax → royalHouse → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
subject surface form: Pleistoanax
Leonidas I → dynasty → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
Pleistoanax → memberOf → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
Pleistoanax → house → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
Pausanias the Regent → memberOf → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
Pausanias the Regent → house → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
Anaxandridas II → dynasty → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
Anaxandridas II → house → Agiad dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agiad house of Sparta