List of Names and Dates of Spartan Kings

History & Culture

Updated March 08, 2017

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 Persian Wars, the kings' power to make war was restricted). One of the most famous of the Agiad kings, who traced their ancestry to Hercules, was Leonidas -- of 300 fame.

Names & Dates of the Kings of Sparta

Agaidai	Eurypontidai
Agis 1
Echestratos	Eurypon
Leobotas	Prytanis
Dorrusas	Polydectes
Agesilaus I	Eunomos
Archilaus	Charillos
Teleklos	Nikandros
Alkamenes	Theopompos
Polydoros	Anaxandridas I
Eurykrates	Archidamos I
Anaxandros	Anaxilas
Eurykratidas	Leotychidas
Leon 590-560	Hippocratides 600-575
Anaxandrides II 560-520	Agasicles 575-550
Cleomenes 520-490	Ariston 550-515
Leonidas 490-480	Demaratus 515-491
Pleistrachus 480-459	Leotychides II 491-469
Pausanias 409-395	Agis II 427-399
Agesipolis I 395-380	Agesilaus 399-360
Cleombrotos 380-371
Agesipolis II 371-370
Cleomenes II 370-309	Archidamos II 360-338
	Agis III 338-331
	Eudamidas I 331- ?
Araios I 309-265	Archidamos IV
Akrotatos 265-255?	Eudamidas II
Araios II 255/4-247?	Agis IV ? - 243
Leonidas 247?-244; 243-235	Archidamos V ? - 227
Kleombrotos 244-243	[interregnum] 227-219
Kleomenes III 235-219	Lykurgos 219- ?
Agesipolis 219-	Pelops (Machanidas regent) ? - 207
	Pelops (Nabis regent) 207- ?
	Nabis ? - 192

Sources:

[URL = < http://www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk/kings.htm > ] Chronology of Monarchical Rule
[URL = < http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparking.html > ] The Kings of Sparta