Pleistarchus or Plistarch (d. 458 BC) was the Agiad King of Sparta from 480 to 458 BC. He was the son of Leonidas I and Gorgo. For the early part of his reign, his cousin Pausanias, acted as regent because Pleistarchus was not of age.
A young Pleistarchus has been portrayed by Giovani Cimmino in the 2007 blockbuster 300, inspired by the same graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. A young Pleistarchus (titled Leo Jr.) is portrayed by Hunte...
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Date of death:
- 458 B.C.E.
