Agesipolis III

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Agesipolis III
Ἀγησίπολις
King of Sparta
Reign219–215 BC
Predecessor
Agiad
FatherAgesipolis

Agesipolis III (Greek: Ἀγησίπολις; died 183 BC) was the 32nd and last of the kings of the Agiad dynasty in ancient Sparta.[1]

Agesipolis was the son of another Agesipolis and grandson of

pirates and killed.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), "Agesipolis III", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71
  2. ^ Polybius, iv. 35
  3. ^ Livy, xxxiv. 26
  4. ^ Polybius, xxiv. 11

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Agesipolis III". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Agiad King of Sparta
219–215 BC
Vacant