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Died Between	470 BCE and 465 BCE • Sparta • Greece
Role In	Battle of Plataea • Greco-Persian Wars

Agis II

king of Sparta

Archidamus II

king of Sparta

Leotychides

king of Sparta

Leonidas

king of Sparta

Agesilaus II

king of Sparta

Cleomenes III

king of Sparta

Lysander

Greek military leader

Brasidas

Spartan military officer

Archidamus III

king of Sparta

Agis III

king of Sparta

Gylippus

Spartan general

Archidamus IV

king of Sparta

Mardonius

Persian general

Xenophon

Greek historian

Aristides The Just

Greek statesman

Agis IV

king of Sparta

Nabis

ruler of Sparta

Cleomenes I

king of Sparta

Archidamus V

king of Sparta

Demaratus

king of Sparta

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