person
Cleomenes
also: Cleomenes III
Reforming king (the 'first tyrant') of Sparta, defeated by Antigonus at Sellasia; cited as the prior holder.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 34 §18 Cleomenes
Reforming Spartan king, called the first tyrant of Lacedaemon.
- The History of Rome, Book 40 §57 Cleomenes
Cleomenes III of Sparta, against whom Antigonus Doson won the famous battle that lends luster to his name.