{"slug": "eurypontid", "label": "Eurypontid", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurypontid", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [-400, -206], "span_label": ["401 BCE", "207 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}], "related": [{"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 11}, {"slug": "agesilaus-ii", "label": "Agesilaus II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nabis-of-sparta", "label": "Nabis of Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyrenaica", "label": "Cyrenaica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyrene-libya", "label": "Cyrene, Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aetolia", "label": "Aetolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aratus-of-sicyon", "label": "Aratus of Sicyon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -400, "year_label": "401 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Agis II, Eurypontid king of Sparta", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242237123#Deaths", "title": "401 BC", "revid": 1242237123, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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": -359, "year_label": "360 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Agesilaus II, Eurypontid king of Sparta (b. c.444 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1141894957#Deaths", "title": "360 BC", "revid": 1141894957, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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": -243, "year_label": "244 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Agis IV succeeds his father, Eudamidas II, as Eurypontid king of Sparta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370482239#Greece", "title": "244 BC", "revid": 1370482239, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -242, "year_label": "243 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Drawing upon the tradition of the Spartan lawgiver, Lycurgus, the young Eurypontid king of Sparta, Agis IV, seeks to reform a system that distributes the land and wealth unequally and burden the poor with debt. He proposes the cancellation of debts and the division of the Spartan homeland into separate lots for each of its citizens. Full citizenship is to be extended to many perioeci (voteless freemen) and foreigners. In addition to pursuing these reforms, Agis seeks the restoration of the Lycurgan system of military training. Agis is supported by his wealthy mother and grandmother (who surrender their property), by his uncle Agesilaus, and by Lysander, who is an ephor (magistrate with the duty of limiting the power of the king).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172722#Greece", "title": "243 BC", "revid": 1354172722, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -240, "year_label": "241 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Eurypontid King of Sparta, Agis IV, is called away from Sparta when Aratus of Sicyon, temporarily Sparta's ally, requests Agis' aid in his war against the Aetolians. Upon his return, Agis finds that his supporters are discontented with the rule of his uncle, Agesilaus, and are disillusioned by the delay in implementing Agis IV's reforms. As a result, the Agiad king of Sparta, Leonidas II, gains power, supported by mercenaries. Rather than engage in a war with Leonidas, Agis takes sanctuary in a temple, but is enticed out, summarily tried and then executed, along with his mother and grandmother.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304843215#Greece", "title": "241 BC", "revid": 1304843215, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -240, "year_label": "241 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Agis IV, Eurypontid King of Sparta who has failed in his attempt to reform Sparta's economic and political structure (b. c. 265 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304843215#Deaths", "title": "241 BC", "revid": 1304843215, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -227, "year_label": "228 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Archidamus V, king of Sparta of the Eurypontid line", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326026286#Deaths", "title": "228 BC", "revid": 1326026286, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Nabis, a Syrian sold into slavery, rises to power in Sparta and becomes regent of the young Spartan king, Pelops, following the death of Machanidas. Nabis soon overthrows Pelops, claiming to be a descendant of the Eurypontid Spartan king Demaratus. Nabis then starts a social revolution which will lead to the freeing of all the helots, the destruction of the ruling oligarchy, the redistribution of land and the cancelling of debts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018864#Greece", "title": "207 BC", "revid": 1213018864, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}