Archidamus I, also spelled ArchidamosI (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Α΄), was a king of Sparta, 12th of the Eurypontids. He reigned from c. 660 to c. 645.[1]
His relationship to other Spartan kings is unclear. According to Herodotus, Archidamus was the son of Anaxandridas I and fathered Anaxilas. According to Pausanias, Archidamus was the son of Anaxidamus and fathered Agasicles.
Archidamus was contemporary with the Tegeatan War, which followed soon after the end of the Second Messenian War, in 668 BC.[2]
Archidamus is the first Spartan king to bear the word damos in his name. Previously, royal names of both dynasties often included the word laus. These words already existed during the Mycenaean era, in which Laos meant people and damos designated a small community, but in the 7th century the latter word acquired a political meaning, that of the citizens as a whole. As the Eurypontids were the junior of the Agiads, it seems that they tried to compensate their inferiority by courting citizens. Then, damos-names often appear among the Eurypontids, such as Damaratos, Zeuxidamos, and the later Archidamos.[1]
^ abCartledge, Agesilaos, p. 23.
^Tod, Marcus Niebuhr (1911). "Archidamus s.v. 5." . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 367. This cites Paus. iii. 7. § 69 comp. 3. § 5.
Agasicles. Archidamus was contemporary with the Tegeatan War, which followed soon after the end of the Second Messenian War, in 668 BC. Archidamus is the...
Archidamus may refer to: one of several kings of Sparta: ArchidamusI (c. 600–575 BC) Archidamus II (469–427 BC) Archidamus III (360–338 BC) Archidamus...
whom Leotychidas gave in marriage to his grandson Archidamus. They had a son Agis II. Archidamus' later second marriage was to Eupoleia. The Ephors objected...
themselves, however, were named after the twins' grandsons, the kings Agis I and Eurypon, respectively. The Agiad line was regarded as being senior to...
Archidamus III (died 338 BC) /ˌɑːrkɪˈdeɪməs/ (Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Archídamos) was the son of Agesilaus II and king of Sparta from 360 to 338 BC. While still...
– poet ArchidamusI – King of Sparta Archidamus II – King of Sparta Archidamus III – King of Sparta Archidamus IV – King of Sparta Archidamus V – King...
Herodotus, Anaxandrias was the son of king Theopompus and the father of king ArchidamusI. If Anaxandridas actually existed, he would have reigned in the early...
Archidamus IV (Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Δ΄) was Eurypontid king of Sparta from c. 300 BC to c. 275 BC. An obscure king, Archidamus is only known for his defeat...
Ἡγησικλῆς), was a king of Sparta, the 13th of the line of Procles. Son of ArchidamusI, he was contemporary with the Agiad Leon, and succeeded his father, probably...
his son Archidamus with his friend's niece, which explains how the name Eudamidas entered the catalogue of names of the Eurypontids. Archidamus had two...
Messenian Wars, 668 BC (Paus. iii. 7. § 5.) He was succeeded by his son ArchidamusI. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public...
that Archidamus left while the decisive battle was about to take place shows that he did not think that the Greeks had a chance to win. Archidamus III...
his History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides ascribes a speech to Archidamus II in which he stresses the importance for Sparta of civic education for...
because the infant Pausanias was in no position to contest Archidamus. For this reason, Archidamus constantly opposed Pleistoanax's recall from exile, despite...
named the Ten Years War, or the Archidamian War, after the Spartan king Archidamus II, who invaded Attica several times with the full hoplite army of the...
Archidamus II by his first wife, and half-brother of Agesilaus II. He ruled with his Agiad co-monarch Pausanias. Agis succeeded his father Archidamus...
was embalmed in wax, and buried at Sparta. He was succeeded by his son Archidamus III. Agesilaus was of small stature and unimpressive appearance, and was...
sentenced to exile and his house burned. He was succeeded by his grandson, Archidamus II, son of his son Zeuxidamus, called Cyniscus, who had died in his father's...
co-king by his elder brother Cleomenes III in the place of the Eurypontid Archidamus V. He reigned between 227 and 222, when he died in the Battle of Sellasia...
king of the Chu State (Warring States Period) Archidamus V, king of Sparta of the Eurypontid line Arsames I, king of Armenia, Sophene and Commagene Hamilcar...
and Matapontus. In 342 BC, Tarentum called for the aid of Archidamus III of Sparta. Archidamus died in battle under the walls of the Messapian city of Manduria...
his completion of the three orations, Isocrates wrote an oration for Archidamus, the prince of Sparta. Isocrates considered the settling of the Thebans...
Nothing is known of Areus' co-king Archidamus IV after his defeat against Demetrios Poliorketes in 294, and Archidamus' son Eudamidas II is the most obscure...
ekklesia, during which the issue of war against Athens was debated. The king Archidamus II wanted to temporise, saying that Sparta was not ready for war, but...
along with his mother and grandmother. Archidamus V, son of the Spartan King, Eudamidas II, and grandson of Archidamus IV, flees to Messenia after the murder...
1.68–1.71 The Speech of the Athenian envoys. 1.73–1.78 The Speech of Archidamus. 1.80–1.85 The Speech of Sthenelaidas. 1.86 From the end of the Persian...
city Sparta, in the face of aggression by the Brutian League. In 342 BC, Archidamus III, king of Sparta, arrived in Italy with an army and a fleet to fight...
his rule to Pherae, and to join the Boeotian League. The Spartans under Archidamus III are defeated by the Arcadians at Cromnus. The Athenian general, Iphicrates...
Global Information