{"slug": "archidamus-iii", "label": "Archidamus III", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archidamus_III", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448580", "qid": "Q448580", "description": "king of Sparta", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [-366, -293], "span_label": ["367 BCE", "294 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "taranto", "label": "Taranto", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "agesilaus-ii", "label": "Agesilaus II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "eurypontid", "label": "Eurypontid", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arcadia-ancient-region", "label": "Arcadia (ancient region)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lucanians", "label": "Lucanians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "magna-graecia", "label": "Magna Graecia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calabria", "label": "Calabria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyrenaica", "label": "Cyrenaica", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -366, "year_label": "367 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Archidamus III, son of Agesilaus II of Sparta, commands a Spartan army which scores a victory over the Arcadians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291620451#Greece", "title": "367 BC", "revid": 1291620451, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -363, "year_label": "364 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Spartans under Archidamus III are defeated by the Arcadians at Cromnus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354174238#Greece", "title": "364 BC", "revid": 1354174238, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -359, "year_label": "360 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The King of Sparta, Agesilaus II, dies at Cyrene, Cyrenaica, on his way home to Greece from Egypt. He is succeeded by his son Archidamus III as Eurypontid king of Sparta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1141894957#Greece", "title": "360 BC", "revid": 1141894957, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -354, "year_label": "355 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Archidamus III of Sparta supports Phocis against Thebes in the \"Sacred War\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343188193#Greece", "title": "355 BC", "revid": 1343188193, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -342, "year_label": "343 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The native Italian tribes, the Lucanians and Bruttians, press down upon the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia, including Tarentum. Responding to calls for help from these former Greek colonies, King Archidamus III of Sparta sets sail with a band of mercenaries for Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172730#Italy", "title": "343 BC", "revid": 1354172730, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -337, "year_label": "338 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Archidamus III of Sparta, after five years of campaigning in southern Italy, fails to achieve any decisive results and while leading a mercenary army to help Tarentum against the Lucanians, is killed with most of his troops at Manduria in Calabria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172728#Macedonia", "title": "338 BC", "revid": 1354172728, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -337, "year_label": "338 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172728#Macedonia", "title": "338 BC", "revid": 1354172728, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -337, "year_label": "338 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Archidamus III, king of Sparta (killed in battle)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172728#Deaths", "title": "338 BC", "revid": 1354172728, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -293, "year_label": "294 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Archidamus IV, king of Sparta, son of Eudamidas I and grandson of Archidamus III, is defeated by Demetrius Poliorcetes of Macedonia in a battle at Mantinea. Sparta is saved only because Demetrius is called away by the threatening activities of his rivals Lysimachus and Ptolemy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129455#Greece", "title": "294 BC", "revid": 1350129455, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}