Cleombrotus (successor of Agesipolis)

Also known as: Cleombrotus · Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 13

After Agesipolis died childless, the succession passed to Cleombrotus. He had two sons, Agesipolis and cleomenessonofcleombrotus, and fought against Epaminondas and the Thebans.

At Ambrosus in Phocis, Cleombrotus’s forces killed Chæreas and the men guarding the by-roads as they passed toward Leuctra. Cleombrotus fell at the beginning of the battle there; afterward, the Lacedæmonians buried their dead, most of whom were Spartans.

Relationship record

Life events

• Agesipolis died childless, transferring the succession to Cleombrotus.(Book 3 · Chapter 6)
  • With: Agesipolis (predecessor of Cleombrotus)
  • “And Agesipolis having died childless, the succession devolved upon Cleombrotus”
• Cleombrotus fell at the beginning of the battle against the Bœotians.(Book 3 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Leuctra)
  • “and Cleombrotus, exposing himself too freely, fell at the commencement of the action.”
• Cleombrotus’s forces killed Chæreas while passing toward Leuctra.(Book 9 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Ambrosus in Phocis)
  • With: Chæreas
  • “after slaying Chæreas, who had been ordered to guard the by-roads, and the men who were with him,”
• Cleombrotus fell during the battle against the Thebans.(Book 9 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Leuctra)
  • “But after many Lacedæmonians of high rank had fallen as also their king Cleombrotus, then the Spartans though hard pressed felt obliged to continue the combat,”
• The Lacedæmonians buried their dead, revealing that most fallen were Spartans.(Book 9 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Leuctra)
  • With: Epaminondas
  • “the Lacedæmonians buried their dead, and thus it was clear that most of the dead were Spartans.”

Book 1 · Chapter 13

• parent: Pausanias (son of Plistoanax) “and he a son Cleombrotus, who fought against Epaminondas and the Thebans, and was killed at Leuctra.”
• child: Agesipolis (son of Cleombrotus) “And Cleombrotus had two sons Agesipolis and Cleomenes”
• child: Cleomenes (son of Cleombrotus) “And Cleombrotus had two sons Agesipolis and Cleomenes”
• enemies with Epaminondas “who fought against Epaminondas and the Thebans, and was killed at Leuctra.”

Book 3 · Chapter 6

• child: Agesipolis (son of Cleombrotus) “The elder son of Cleombrotus, Agesipolis, did nothing worthy of record”
• with Agesipolis (predecessor of Cleombrotus) (Cleombrotus succeeded Agesipolis.) “And Agesipolis having died childless, the succession devolved upon Cleombrotus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.