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Agis II

490 BC - 401 BC

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Agis II (Ancient Greek: Ἄγις; died c. 399 BC) was the 18th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half-brother of Agesilaus II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agis II has received more than 173,415 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Agis II is the 4,319th most popular politician (down from 3,699th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Greece (down from 237th in 2019) and the 112th most popular Greek Politician.

Agis II was the son of Archidamus II and the grandson of Agesilaus II. He ruled Sparta from 359 BC to 338 BC. Agis II is most famous for his reforms. He wanted to restore the traditional institutions of Sparta, which had been neglected by his predecessors.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Agis II ranks 4,319 out of 19,576Before him are Henry McMahon, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Anwar Ibrahim, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, and Eric XII of Sweden. After him are Harald Greycloak, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Franz Josef Strauss, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490 BC, Agis II ranks 7Before him are Empedocles, Phidias, Zeno of Elea, Nehemiah, Bacchylides, and Archelaus I of Macedon. After him are Crateuas of Macedon, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, and Oenopides. Among people deceased in 401 BC, Agis II ranks 5Before him are Zechariah, Ezra, Cyrus the Younger, and Agathon. After him are Clearchus of Sparta, and Megabyzus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Agis II ranks 270 out of 1,024Before him are Lycophron (-320), Rigas Feraios (1757), George Maniakes (998), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Vicky Leandros (1949), and Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180). After him are Ugo Foscolo (1778), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Euphronios (-520), Cylon of Athens (-700), and Theaetetus (-417).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Agis II ranks 112Before him are Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Philopoemen (-253), Andocides (-440), Cynisca (-430), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), and Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180). After him are Alexandros Papagos (1883), Euphronios (-520), Cylon of Athens (-700), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Callias II (-515), and Phocion (-402).