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Agis IV of Sparta
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Abstract
When the Eurypontid Agis IV (born ca. 262
BCE
) came to the throne around 244, Sparta urgently needed reformation, or even revolution. This Agis attempted to implement; it cost him his own life, in 241.
Title: Agis IV of Sparta
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Abstract
When the Eurypontid Agis IV (born ca.
262
BCE
) came to the throne around 244, Sparta urgently needed reformation, or even revolution.
This Agis attempted to implement; it cost him his own life, in 241.
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