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'''[[Sparta]]''' was the dominant Greek city-state in the [[Peloponnesus]]. It was unusual among Greek city-states in that it maintained its Kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, coming from two separate lines. According to tradition, the two lines (the Agiads and Eurypontids) descended from the twins [[Eurysthenes]] (the Agiads) and [[Procles]] the descendants of [[Heracles]] who supposedly conquered Sparta two generations after the Trojan War. Although there are lists of the earlier purported Kings of Sparta, there is little evidence for the existence of any kings before the mid 6th Century BC or so.

==Agiad dynasty==
*[[Eurysthenes]] ? - c.[[930 BC]]
*[[Agis I]] c.[[930 BC|930]] - c.[[900 BC]]
*[[Echestratus]] c.[[900 BC|900]] - c.[[870 BC]]
*[[Leobates]] c.[[870 BC|870]] - c.[[840 BC]]
*[[Dorissus]] c.[[840 BC|840]] - c.[[820 BC]]
*[[Agesilaus I]] c.[[820 BC|820]] - c.[[790 BC]]
*[[Archilaus]] c.[[790 BC|790]] - c.[[760 BC]]
*[[Teleclus]] c.[[760 BC|760]] - c.[[740 BC]]
*[[Alcmenes]] c.[[740 BC|740]] - c.[[700 BC]]
*[[Polydorus (king of Sparta)|Polydorus]] c.[[700 BC|700]] - c.[[665 BC]]
*[[Eurycrates]] c.[[665 BC|665]] - c.[[640 BC]]
*[[Anaxander]] c.[[640 BC|640]] - c.[[615 BC]]
*[[Eurycratides]] c.[[615 BC|615]] - c.[[590 BC]]
*[[Leon (king of Sparta)|Leon]] c.[[590 BC|590]] - [[560 BC]]
*[[Anaxandridas II]] c.[[560 BC|560]] - c.[[520 BC]]
*[[Cleomenes I]] c.[[520 BC|520]] - c.[[490 BC]].
*[[Leonidas I]] c.[[490 BC|490]] - [[480 BC]].
*[[Pleistarchus]] [[480 BC|480]] - c.[[459 BC]]
*[[Pleistoanax]] c.[[459 BC|459]] - [[409 BC]]
*[[Pausanias of Sparta|Pausanias]] [[409 BC | 409]] - [[395 BC]]
*[[Agesipolis I]] [[395 BC|395]] - [[380 BC]].
*[[Cleombrotus I]] [[380 BC|380]] - [[371 BC]].
*[[Agesipolis II]] [[371 BC|371]] - [[370 BC]].
*[[Cleomenes II]] [[370 BC|370]] - [[309 BC]].
*[[Areus I]] [[309 BC|309]] - [[265 BC]]
*[[Acrotatus]] [[265 BC|265]] - [[262 BC]].
*[[Areus II]] [[262 BC|262]] - [[254 BC]]
*[[Leonidas II]] [[254 BC|254]] - [[235 BC]].
*[[Cleomenes III]] [[235 BC|235]] - [[222 BC]].

==Eurypontid dynasty==
*[[Procles]]
*[[Soos]] ? - c.[[890 BC]]
*[[Eurypon]] c.[[890 BC|890]] - c.[[860 BC]]
*[[Prytanis]] c.[[860 BC|860]] - c.[[830 BC]]
*[[Polydectes]] c.[[830 BC|830]] - c.[[800 BC]]
*[[Eunomus]] c.[[800 BC|800]] - c.[[780 BC]]
*[[Charillus]] c.[[780 BC|780]] - c.[[750 BC]]
*[[Nicander]] c.[[750 BC|750]] - c.[[720 BC]]
*[[Theopompus]] c.[[720 BC|720]] - c.[[675 BC]]
*[[Anaxandridas I]] c.[[675 BC|675]] - c.[[645 BC]]
*[[Zeuxidamas]] c.[[645 BC|645]] - c.[[625 BC]]
*[[Anaxidamus]] c.[[625 BC|625]] - c.[[600 BC]]
*[[Archidamus I]] c.[[600 BC|600]] - c.[[575 BC]]
*[[Agasicles]] c.[[575 BC|575]] - c.[[550 BC]]
*[[Ariston]] c.[[550 BC|550]] - c.[[515 BC]]
*[[Demaratus]] c.[[515 BC|515]] - c.[[491 BC]].
*[[Leotychidas II]] c.[[491 BC|491]] - [[469 BC]].
*[[Archidamus II]] [[469 BC|469]] - [[427 BC]].
*[[Agis II]] [[427 BC|427]] - [[401 BC|401]]/[[400 BC]].
*[[Agesilaus II]] [[401 BC|401]]/[[400 BC|400]] - [[360 BC]].
*[[Archidamus III]] [[360 BC|360]] - [[338 BC]].
*[[Agis III]] [[338 BC|338]] - [[331 BC]].
*[[Eudamidas I]] [[331 BC|331]] - c.[[305 BC]].
*[[Archidamus IV]] c.[[305 BC|305]] - c.[[275 BC]].
*[[Eudamidas II]] c.[[275 BC|275]] - c.[[245 BC]].
*[[Agis IV]] c.[[245 BC|245]] - [[241 BC]].
*[[Eudamidas III]] [[241 BC|241]] - [[228 BC]].
*[[Archidamus V]] [[228 BC|228]] - [[227 BC]].
*[[Eucleidas]] [[227 BC|227]] - [[221 BC]] (Eucleidas was actually an Agiad - his brother [[Cleomenes III]] deposed his Eurypontid colleague and installed his brother as co-ruler)

Following Cleomenes III's defeat at the [[Battle of Sellasia]] by [[Antigonus III Doson]] of [[Macedon]] and the [[Achaean League]], the Spartan system began to break down.Sparta was republic from [[221 BC|221]] to [[219 BC]]

*[[Agesipolis III]] (Agiad) [[219 BC|219]] - [[215 BC]] - the last Agiad King of Sparta.
*[[Lycurgus]] (Eurypontid) [[219 BC|219]] - [[210 BC]]
*[[Machanidas]] (a tyrant) [[210 BC|210]] - [[207 BC]]
*[[Pelops]] (Eurypontid) [[210 BC|210]] - [[206 BC]] - last King from either of the old dynasties,opponent of Machanidas.
*[[Nabis]] (an usurper) [[206 BC|206]] - [[192 BC]]

The [[Achaean League]] annexed Sparta in [[192 BC]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.livius.org Livius], [http://www.livius.org/so-st/sparta/agiads_and_eurypontids.html Eurypontids and Agiads] by Jona Lendering

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−	'''[[Sparta]]''' was the dominant Greek city-state in the [[Peloponnesus]]. It was unusual among Greek city-states in that it maintained its Kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, coming from two separate lines. According to tradition, the two lines (the Agiads and Eurypontids) descended from the twins [[Eurysthenes]] (the Agiads) and [[Procles]] the descendants of [[Heracles]] who supposedly conquered Sparta two generations after the Trojan War. Although there are lists of the earlier purported Kings of Sparta, there is little evidence for the existence of any kings before the mid 6th Century BC or so.	+	'''[[Sparta]]''' was the dominant Greek city-state in the [[Peloponnesus]]. It was unusual among Greek city-states in that it maintained its Kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, coming from two separate lines. According to tradition, the two lines (the Agiads and Eurypontids) descended from the twins [[Eurysthenes]] (the Agiads) and [[Procles]] the descendants of [[Heracles]] who supposedly conquered Sparta two generations after the Trojan War.
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		+	Although there are lists of the earlier purported Kings of Sparta, there is little evidence for the existence of any kings before the mid 6th Century BC or so.

	==Agiad dynasty==		==Agiad dynasty==

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