Agis IV | |
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King of Sparta | |
![]() Kings Agis and Cleomenes, late 17th century engraving. | |
Reign | 245–241 BC |
Predecessor | Eudamidas II |
Successor | Eudamidas III |
Died | 241 BC Sparta |
Consort | Agiatis |
Dynasty | Eurypontid |
Father | Eudamidas II |
Mother | Agesistrata |
Agis IV (Greek: Ἄγις; c. 265 BC – 241 BC), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 25th king of the Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta.[1] Posterity has reckoned him an idealistic but impractical monarch.[2]