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Eucleidas

201 BC - 222 BC

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Eucleidas (Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδας) reigned Sparta from 227 BC to 222 BC. He was an Agiad, son of Leonidas II, in the place of the Eurypontid king. His brother, Cleomenes III, deposed his Eurypontid colleague Archidamus V, and installed his brother as his new co-ruler. According to Pausanias, Cleomenes poisoned Eudamidas III, his Eurypontid colleague, and shared the royal power with his brother Eucleidas. Eucleidas was killed fighting against the Macedonians at the Battle of Sellasia (222 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eucleidas is the 7,894th most popular politician (up from 8,581st in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Greece (up from 444th in 2019) and the 175th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eucleidas ranks 7,894 out of 19,576Before him are Hastein, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Dudu of Akkad, Kurmanjan Datka, Sharof Rashidov, and Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano. After him are Jia Yi, Sidney Sonnino, Mstislav Mstislavich, John II, Duke of Brabant, Valerian II, and Peter I, Duke of Brittany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 201 BC, Eucleidas ranks 2Before him is Manetho. After him are Adherbal, and Sextus Julius Caesar. Among people deceased in 222 BC, Eucleidas ranks 2Before him is Ptolemy III Euergetes. After him is Song Yu.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Eucleidas ranks 406 out of 1,024Before him are Markos Botsaris (1790), Phaedon Gizikis (1917), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Pelops of Sparta (-210), Ptolemy of Aloros (-450), and Erinna (-400). After him are Agatharchus (-500), Peithon (-355), Ion of Chios (-490), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878), and Polydorus of Sparta (-741).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Eucleidas ranks 175Before him are Simeon Uroš (1326), Demades (-380), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Phaedon Gizikis (1917), Pelops of Sparta (-210), and Ptolemy of Aloros (-450). After him are Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878), Polydorus of Sparta (-741), Alexandros Zaimis (1855), Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), and Diagoras of Rhodes (-500).