Eucleidas
Eucleidas (
Eurypontid
king.
His brother, Cleomenes III, deposed his Eurypontid colleague Archidamus V, and installed his brother as his new co-ruler.
According to
Eurypontid
colleague, and shared the royal power with his brother Eucleidas.
Eucleidas was killed fighting against the Macedonians at the Battle of Sellasia (222 BC).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Charles Peter Mason (1870). "Eucleidas". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Footnotes
- ^ ii. 9. § 1. 3 (cited by Mason)
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