Agis IV

Agis IV
King of Sparta
Kings Agis and Cleomenes, late 17th century engraving.
Reign245–241 BC
PredecessorEudamidas II
SuccessorEudamidas III
Died241 BC
Sparta
ConsortAgiatis
DynastyEurypontid
FatherEudamidas II
MotherAgesistrata

Agis IV (Ancient Greek: Ἄγις; c. 265 BC – 241 BC), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 25th king of the Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta. Posterity has reckoned him an idealistic but impractical monarch.

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