Pleistarchus (Greek: Πλείσταρχος Pleistarchos; died c. 458 BC) was the Agiad King of Sparta from 480 to 458 BC. Pleistarchus was born as a prince, likely...

His co-ruler was King Leotychidas. He was succeeded by his son, King Pleistarchus. At the Second Greco-Persian War, Leonidas led the allied Greek forces...

Hyllarima were fortified by Pleistarchus in the 290s BC. An inscription from the sanctuary of Sinuri near Mylasa shows that Pleistarchus' power was respected...

and King of Sparta (r. 520–490 BC). Gorgo was also the mother of King Pleistarchus, her only son with King Leonidas I. She is notably one of the few female...

of the kings of Sparta. After Leonidas' death, while the king's son Pleistarchus was still in his minority, Pausanias served as regent of Sparta. Pausanias...

Perdiccas and Lysimachus. His sons were: Iollas Cassander, King of Macedonia Pleistarchus, a general and governor in his brother's service. Phillip, also a military...

of his brother, Pleistarchus. Since Demetrius was guarding the easy crossing points at the Hellespont and the Bosphorus, Pleistarchus attempted to ship...

son of Pausanias, regent in the beginning of the reign of his nephew Pleistarchus (r. 480–459) until his murder by the ephors, possibly in 467/6, allegedly...

Cleombrotus, fourth son of Anaxandridas II, died in 479. He was regent for Pleistarchus in 480, and died just before the Battle of Plataea in 479. Gorgo, daughter...

the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Pleistoanax succeeds Pleistarchus as king of Sparta. Pericles continues Ephialtes' democratising activities...