Nabis
Last king of Sparta from 207 to 192 BC · Politicians · Died 192 BC
The last king of an independent Sparta, holding power through execution and betrayal until his own assassination ended the city's reformist era and its final bid for relevance.
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Nabis took the throne in 207 BC by killing two rival claimants and set about restoring Sparta's fading strength. He allied with Philip V of Macedon during the Second Macedonian War and was given Argos as payment, but switched sides to Rome when Macedon's fortunes soured. The Romans, prodded by the Achaean League, turned on him after the war and beat him down. In 192 BC the Aetolian League finished the job with a knife, closing Sparta's last chapter as a power that mattered.
