Agis (Paeonian)
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Agis (; died 358 BC) was founder and king of the Paeonian Kingdom. A contemporary of
Philip II of Macedon Philip II of Macedon (; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (''basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ...
, Agis was a pretender to the Macedonian throne in a time of instability.The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis, John Boardman, Simon Hornblower, and M. Ostwald, 1994, p. 463: "Agis, king of Paeonians" His successor was
Lycceius Lyppeius () was king of the ancient kingdom of Paeonia from 359/8 until his death around 335 BC. He succeeded the first known Paeonian king, Agis, under unknown circumstances and may have been his son, but this is only speculation. The maj ...
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{{Paionians Paeonia (kingdom) Paeonian kings Ancient Greek monarchs 4th-century BC monarchs