Eudamidas I

Eudamidas I (in Greek: Εὐδαμίδας, 330 – c. 300) was a Spartan King of the Eurypontid line [1]. He married the wealthy Archidamia, and she had two children, Archidamus IV and Agesistrata. There is evidence that Eudamidas I owned the half of his wife wealth in land [2] [3]. During his reign Sparta made peace [4]. Pausanias devotes more space to Agis II (427 - 400) and Agesilaus II (400 - 360) than to other Kings, such as Agis III (338 - 330) and Eudamidas I, whose lives he passed by briefly, as the Eurypontid line ‘fades’ [5].

Preceded by Agis III

Eurypontid King of Sparta 331 BC – c. 305 BC

Succeeded by Archidamus IV


Notes

1. ^ Suida, epsilon, 3400
   
2. ^ Plutarch, Agis, 4.1
   
3. ^ Stephen Hodkinson, (1986), ‘Land Tenure and Inheritance in Classical Sparta’, The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 36, (2), pp. 378-406
   
4. ^ Pausanias, iii.10.5
   
5. ^ A. R. Meadows, (1995), ‘Pausanias and the Historiography of Classical Sparta’, The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 45, (1), pp. 92-113
   

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