Eucleidas

Eucleidas (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,^[1] Cleomenes poisoned Eurydamidas, his Eurypontid colleague, and shared the royal power with his brother Epicleidas.

Eucleidas was killed fighting against the Macedonians at the Battle of Sellasia (222 BC).

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Charles Peter Mason (1870). "^{article name needed}". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

Preceded by Archidamus V	Usurper Eurypontid King of Sparta 228–222 BC	Succeeded by Republic

Kings of Laconia and Sparta

Lelegids	Lelex Myles Eurotas

Lacedaemonids	Lacedaemon Amyclas Argalus Cynortas Perieres Oebalus Tyndareus Hippocoon

Atreids	Menelaus Orestes Tisamenus Dion

Early Heraclids	Aristodemus Theras (regent)

Heraclids Agiad dynasty	Eurysthenes Agis I Echestratus Labotas Doryssus Agesilaus I Archelaus Teleclus Alcmenes Polydorus Eurycrates Anaxander Eurycratides Leon Anaxandridas II Cleomenes I Leonidas I Pausanias (regent) Pleistarchus Pleistoanax Pausanias Agesipolis I Cleombrotus I Agesipolis II Cleomenes II Areus I Acrotatus II Areus II Leonidas II Cleombrotus II Cleomenes III Agesipolis III

Heraclids Eurypontid dynasty	Procles Soos Eurypon Prytanis Polydectes Eunomus Charilaus Nicander Theopompus Anaxandridas I Zeuxidamus Anaxidamus Archidamus I Agasicles Ariston Demaratus Leotychidas Archidamus II Agis II Agesilaus II Archidamus III Agis III Eudamidas I Archidamus IV Eudamidas II Agis IV Eudamidas III Archidamus V Eucleidas Lycurgus Pelops

Later rulers	Machanidas Nabis Laconicus

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