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Archidamus III

king of Sparta

9 dated entries naming Archidamus III, drawn from 7 separate years between 367 BCE and 294 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century BC

  • 367 BCEArchidamus III, son of Agesilaus II of Sparta, commands a Spartan army which scores a victory over the Arcadians.source
  • 364 BCEThe Spartans under Archidamus III are defeated by the Arcadians at Cromnus.source
  • 360 BCEThe 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.source
  • 355 BCEKing Archidamus III of Sparta supports Phocis against Thebes in the "Sacred War".source
  • 343 BCEThe 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.source
  • 338 BCEKing 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.source
  • 338 BCEKing Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III.source
  • 338 BCEArchidamus III, king of Sparta (killed in battle)source

3rd century BC

  • 294 BCEArchidamus 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.source

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