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Also known as Epicleidas

Eucleidas () reigned Sparta from 227 BC to 222 BC. He was an Agiad, son of Leonidas II, in the place of the Eurypontid king.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Sparta
Place of death
Sparta
Sibling
Chilonis
Occupation
ruler
Position held
king of Sparta
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
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date of birth
0201-01-01
date of death
0222-01-01
name in native language
Εὐκλείδας
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Eucleidas () reigned Sparta from 227 BC to 222 BC. He was an Agiad, son of Leonidas II, in the place of the Eurypontid king.

His brother, Cleomenes III, deposed his Eurypontid colleague Archidamus V, and installed his brother as his new co-ruler.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eucleidas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.