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Acrotatus (father of Areus I)

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Acrotatus returned to Sparta where he died before his father, Cleomenes, who died in 309 BC. Acrotatus left a son,
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Acrotatus first sailed to southern Italy where he obtained the support of
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in 331 BC. He was thus glad to accept the offer from the
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who had asked Sparta for assistance in 314 BC against
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Cleomenes II
Sparta
Antipater
Agis
Agrigentines
Agathocles
Syracuse
Tarentum
Agrigentum
Areus I
Acrotatus II
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