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SARAH BOLMARCICH

Arizona State University

Archidamus II, king of SPARTA at the outbreak of the PELOPONNESIAN WAR in 431 BCE, was the son of ZEUXIDAMUS and grandson of the Eurypontid king LEOTYCHIDES II. Zeuxidamus predeceased Leotychides, who then married Archidamus to the daughter of his second marriage, LAMPITO, in order to shore up his grandson’s claim to the throne (6.71). Archidamus became king around 469 and ruled until 427. When the Peloponnesian War began, it was Archidamus who led the first two Spartan invasions of Attica. The first phase of the war is thus known as the Archidamian War.

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