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Kleomenes

King of Sparta (r.520-490 BC), remembered for his aggressive foreign policy. He crushed Sparta's old enemy, Argos, organised the remaining Peloponnesian cities into the so-called Spartan (Peloponnesian) league (an alliance of states under the leadership of Sparta), and ousted the tyrant Hippias from Athens (510 BC).

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