Cleomenes I of Sparta

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Agiad king of Sparta Spartan king ancient Greek monarch historical figure

Cleomenes I of Sparta was a powerful late 6th–early 5th century BC Spartan king known for his aggressive foreign policy, including intervention in Athenian politics and conflicts with Persia and other Greek states.

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Cleomenes I	5

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Agiad king of Sparta ⓘ Spartan king ⓘ ancient Greek monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
accusation	bribery by the Aeginetans ⓘ madness in later life ⓘ
ally	Athenian aristocratic factions opposed to Cleisthenes ⓘ Isagoras of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
attemptedAction	dissolution of the Athenian Council (Boule) ⓘ restoration of Hippias as tyrant of Athens ⓘ
battle	Battle of Sepeia NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Gorgo of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenian factional struggles between Isagoras and Cleisthenes ⓘ Athenian tyranny of Hippias NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
coRuler	Demaratus of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ Leotychidas II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Dorian Greek ⓘ
deathCause	suicide (according to Herodotus) ⓘ
deathPlace	Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Archaic Greece ⓘ
father	Anaxandridas II NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	early 5th century BC ⓘ late 6th century BC ⓘ
intervenedIn	Athenian internal politics ⓘ
knownFor	aggressive foreign policy ⓘ conflicts with Persia ⓘ conflicts with other Greek states ⓘ intervention in Athenian politics ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Agiad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Cleomenes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	defeat and heavy losses inflicted on Argos at Sepeia ⓘ forced withdrawal from Athens after popular resistance ⓘ
opponent	Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleisthenes of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Demaratus of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippias of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy	hostility toward Argos ⓘ opposition to Persian influence in Greece ⓘ support for oligarchic regimes in other Greek poleis ⓘ
positionHeld	King of the Spartans NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 490 BC ⓘ
reignStart	c. 520 BC ⓘ
relative	Cleombrotus I NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorieus of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorgo of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonidas I NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
source	Herodotus' Histories NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	unnamed daughter of Demaratus ⓘ unnamed daughter of Prinetadas ⓘ unnamed woman from Arkadia ⓘ unnamed woman from Thessaly ⓘ
successor	Leonidas I NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	King of Sparta ⓘ