King

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Labaši-Marduk

Neriglissar: king of ancient Babylonia, ruled 556.The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 and was succeeded in by his son Amel-Marduk, who was almost immediately assassinated and replaced by his brother-in-law Neriglissar. When he died in 556, he was succeeded by his…

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Leonidas

Leonidas (Greek Λεωνίδας): king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty (r.488-480), killed in action in the battle of Thermopylae. Accession Sparta, Temple of…

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Lysimachus

Lysimachus (361-281): bodyguard of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi. Lysimachus Relatives: Father: Agathocles of Pella First wife: Nicaea (daughter of Antipater) Children: Agathocles,…

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