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Leonidas I (/ l i ə ˈ n aɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles.
Leonidas chose to camp at, and defend, the "middle gate", the narrowest part of the pass of Thermopylae, where the Phocians had built a defensive wall some time before. [55] News also reached Leonidas, from the nearby city of Trachis, that there was a mountain track that could be used to outflank the pass of Thermopylae. Leonidas stationed ...
Pleistarchus was born as a prince, likely the only son of King Leonidas I and Queen Gorgo. His grandparents were Kings Anaxandridas II and Cleomenes I. [3] He was born from an avunculate marriage – his parents were uncle and niece. [4] His uncle Cleombrotus was his tutor. [5] Pleistarchus' father King Leonidas perished in 480 BC at the Battle ...
Actually an Agiad; installed by Cleomenes III [n 10] in place of Archidamus V. Died in the Battle of Sellasia. Following the Battle of Sellasia, the dual monarchy remained vacant until Cleomenes III's death in 219. c. 219 – 210 BC: Lycurgus: obscure background and possibly of non-royal descent, deposed the Agiad Agesipolis III and ruled alone
One warned, "A king will die." Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. One warned, "A king will die."
He challenged the claim of his half-brother Cleomenes I when their father died. Refusing to be ruled by him, he moved to colonial ventures in Libya and Sicily, where he died c.510. [32] [33] Leonidas I, third son of Anaxandridas II, king from 490 to 480. He famously died in the Battle of Thermopylae. [34]
“King Aegon II did not die, though his burns brought him such pain that some say he prayed for death,” Martin’s book reads. “Carried back to King’s Landing in a closed litter to hide the ...
What did King Viserys say before he died? Viserys and Alicent’s last conversation wasn’t much of a conversation at all. Viserys was shown moaning in bed in the eighth episode of Season One as ...