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Areus II
Areus II () was King of Sparta, of the Agiad dynasty, from 262 to 254 BC. He was the son of Acrotatus II and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed Leonidas II.
successfully held off the Siege of Sparta. He succeeded his father in 265, but was killed shortly thereafter (possibly in the same year) in battle against Aristodemus the Good, the tyrant of Megalopolis. Pausanias, in speaking of his death, calls him the son of Cleonymus, but he has mistaken him for his grandfather, mentioned above. Areus and Acrotatus are accused by Phylarchus of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners. He was succeeded by his son Areus II.