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- Flourished:
- 3rd century bc
- Flourished:
- c.300 BCE - c.201 BCE
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Archidamus IV
king of Sparta
Archidamus IV (flourished 3rd century bc) was a king of Sparta, son of Eudamidas I, and grandson of Archidamus III. The dates of his accession and death are unknown. In 294 bc he was defeated by Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia in a battle at Mantinea, and Sparta was saved only because Demetrius I was called away by the threatening activities of a rival Lysimachus and Ptolemy II.
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