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Cleomenes I

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Agiad King of Sparta from c.524 BC to c.490 BC

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Reign
c. 524 BC – c. 490 BC
Predecessor
Anaxandrides II
Successor
Leonidas I
Died
c. 490 BC
Issue
Gorgo
Dynasty
Agiad
Father
Anaxandrides II

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date of death
0490-00-00
date of birth
0600-01-01
name in native language
Κλεομένης Α΄ της Σπάρτης
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Cleomenes I (/kliːˈɒmɪniːz/; Greek Κλεομένης; died c. 490 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from c. 524 to c. 490 BC. One of the most important Spartan kings, Cleomenes was instrumental in organising the Greek resistance against the Persian Empire of Darius, as well as shaping the geopolitical balance of Classical Greece.

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