<p>Two Spartan kings, hereditary monarchs, one from each of the Agiad and Eurypontid families, had priestly obligations and the power to make war (although by the time of the <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-of-the-persian-wars-120242" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Persian Wars</a>, the kings&#39; power to make war was restricted). One of the most famous of the Agiad kings, who traced their ancestry to Hercules, was <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/king-leonidas-of-sparta-battle-thermopylae-112481" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2">Leonidas</a> -- of <em>300</em> fame.</p><h3>Names &amp; Dates of the Kings of Sparta</h3><table border="1" cellpadding="1"><tbody><tr><th>Agaidai</th><th>Eurypontidai</th></tr><tr><td>Agis 1</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Echestratos</td><td>Eurypon</td></tr><tr><td>Leobotas</td><td>Prytanis</td></tr><tr><td>Dorrusas</td><td>Polydectes</td></tr><tr><td>Agesilaus I</td><td>Eunomos</td></tr><tr><td>Archilaus</td><td>Charillos</td></tr><tr><td>Teleklos</td><td>Nikandros</td></tr><tr><td>Alkamenes</td><td>Theopompos</td></tr><tr><td>Polydoros</td><td>Anaxandridas I</td></tr><tr><td>Eurykrates</td><td>Archidamos I</td></tr><tr><td>Anaxandros</td><td>Anaxilas</td></tr><tr><td>Eurykratidas</td><td>Leotychidas</td></tr><tr><td>Leon 590-560</td><td>Hippocratides 600-575</td></tr><tr><td>Anaxandrides II 560-520</td><td>Agasicles 575-550</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/cleomenes-i-king-of-sparta-121106" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="3">Cleomenes</a> 520-490</td><td>Ariston 550-515</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/battle-at-thermopylae-480-bc-112901" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="4">Leonidas</a> 490-480</td><td>Demaratus 515-491</td></tr><tr><td>Pleistrachus 480-459</td><td>Leotychides II 491-469</td></tr><tr><td>Pausanias 409-395</td><td>Agis II 427-399</td></tr><tr><td>Agesipolis I 395-380</td><td>Agesilaus 399-360</td></tr><tr><td>Cleombrotos 380-371</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Agesipolis II 371-370</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cleomenes II 370-309</td><td>Archidamos II 360-338</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Agis III 338-331</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Eudamidas I 331- ?</td></tr><tr><td>Araios I 309-265</td><td>Archidamos IV</td></tr><tr><td>Akrotatos 265-255?</td><td>Eudamidas II</td></tr><tr><td>Araios II 255/4-247?</td><td>Agis IV ? - 243</td></tr><tr><td>Leonidas 247?-244;<br/>243-235</td><td>Archidamos V ? - 227</td></tr><tr><td>Kleombrotos 244-243</td><td>[interregnum] 227-219</td></tr><tr><td>Kleomenes III 235-219</td><td>Lykurgos 219- ?</td></tr><tr><td>Agesipolis 219-</td><td>Pelops<br/>(Machanidas regent) ? - 207</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Pelops<br/>(Nabis regent) 207- ?</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Nabis ? - 192</td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p>[URL &#61; &lt; http://www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk/kings.htm &gt; ] Chronology of Monarchical Rule<br/>[URL &#61; &lt; http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparking.html &gt; ] The Kings of Sparta</p>