Labotas

Labotas

Labotas

King of Sparta from c. 870 to c. 840 BC


Labotas or Leobotes (Greek: Λαβώτας or Λεωβώτης) was the son of Echestratus and was the fourth king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty.

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Labotas led a war against the Argives because the Kynouria occupied and supposedly lived in the surrounding areas that the Perioeci had inhabited.

According to Jerome and the Excerpta Latina Barbari he reigned 37 years. After his death, his son Doryssos inherited the throne.

Preceded by Agiad King of Sparta
c. 870 - c. 840 BC
Succeeded by

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