# Agis — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Agis in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Spartan king who attempted reform and was executed, discussed in political context.

## In the story

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/ix)

King of Sparta who attempted to restore Lycurgan laws but was slain by the Ephori for appearing to seek tyranny.

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