Agis III, Spartan king of the Eurypontid …
Years: 332BCE - 332BCE
Agis III, Spartan king of the Eurypontid house from 338, has profited from the Macedonian general's absence from Greece by leading the Greek cities in revolt while Alexander is invading Anatolia.
With Persian money and eight thousand Greek mercenaries, he attempts to hold Crete against Alexander's navy.
Locations
People
Groups
- Persian people
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Macedon, Argead Kingdom of
- Peloponnesian League (Spartan Alliance)
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Alexander, Empire of
- Greece, Hellenistic
