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135:, in speaking of his death, calls him the son of Cleonymus, but he has mistaken him for his grandfather, mentioned above. Areus and Acrotatus are accused by 320: 206: 977: 821: 816: 231: 1001: 111:, uncle of his father Areus. It was this, together with the disappointment of not obtaining the throne, which led Cleonymus to invite 381: 1026: 197: 970: 1031: 1021: 104: 177: 1006: 123:. He succeeded his father in 265, but was killed shortly thereafter (possibly in the same year) in battle against 963: 161: 1011: 374: 315: 201: 17: 1016: 663: 506: 901: 761: 951: 119:, and the safety of Sparta was mainly owing to the valor of Acrotatus who successfully held off the 771: 367: 390: 996: 445: 408: 341: 272: 132: 751: 786: 766: 643: 638: 124: 8: 688: 653: 598: 583: 128: 108: 781: 831: 450: 225: 173: 112: 211: 906: 511: 428: 193: 139:
of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners. He was succeeded by his son
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Acrotatus II
Areus I
Areus II
Greek
Agiad
King of Sparta
Areus I
Acrotatus
Chilonis
Cleonymus
Pyrrhus
Crete
Siege of Sparta
Aristodemus the Good
Megalopolis
Pausanias
Phylarchus
Areus II
"Acrotatus II (d. 262)"
ABC-CLIO
ISBN
9781610690201
Schmitz, Leonhard
"Acrotatus (2)"
Smith, William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
the original
citation
link
Plutarch

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