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'''Pleistarchus''' (d.[[458 BC]]) was the Agiad [[King of Sparta]] from [[480 BC|480]] to [[458 BC]].  Pleistarchus was the son of [[Leonidas I]] of [[Thermopylae]] fame.  For the early part of his reign his cousin [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]] acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age.
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'''Pleistarchus''' (Greek - Πλείσταρχος) (d.[[458 BC]]) was the Agiad [[King of Sparta]] from [[480 BC|480]] to [[458 BC]].  Pleistarchus was the son of [[Leonidas I]] of [[Thermopylae]] fame.  For the early part of his reign his cousin [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]] acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:15, November 9, 2005

Pleistarchus (Greek - Πλείσταρχος) (d.458 BC) was the Agiad King of Sparta from 480 to 458 BC. Pleistarchus was the son of Leonidas I of Thermopylae fame. For the early part of his reign his cousin Pausanias acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age.


Preceded by:
Leonidas I
Agiad King of Sparta
480-458 BC
Succeeded by:
Pleistoanax