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Key facts
- Reign
- 235–222 BC
- Predecessor
- Leonidas II
- Successor
- Agesipolis III
- Born
- c. 265–260 BC, Sparta
- Died
- 219 BC, Alexandria
- Consort
- Agiatis
- Issue
- Unknown (at least one son)
- Dynasty
- Agiad
- Father
- Leonidas II
- Mother
- Cratesiclea
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sparta
- Place of birth
- Sparta
- Place of death
- Alexandria
- Spouse
- Agiatis
- Father
- Leonidas II
- Mother
- Cratesicleia
- Sibling
- Chilonis
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- king of Sparta
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Agiads
- Image
- Sparta-02.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0260-01-01
- date of death
- 0219-00-00
- time period
- classical antiquity
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Cleomenes III
- name in native language
- Κλεομένης Γ΄ της Σπάρτης
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- significant place
- Sparta
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Silver tetradrachm depicting Kleomenes III. Reverse: statue of Artemis Ortheia brandishing a spear and holding a bow, ΛΑ(ΚΩΝΩΝ), of Laconia.
Cleomenes III (Ancient Greek: Κλεομένης) was one of the two kings of Sparta from 235 to 222 BC. He was a member of the Agiad dynasty and succeeded his father, Leonidas II. He is known for his attempts to reform the Spartan state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cleomenes III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.