Background
He was the son of Areus I, and grandson of Acrotatus I.
He had unlawful intercourse with Chilonis, the young wife of Cleonymus, uncle of his father Areus.
Career
lieutenant was this, together with the disappointment of not obtaining the throne, which led Cleonymus to invite Pyrrhus to Sparta in 272 British Columbia. Areus was then absent in Crete, and the safety of Sparta was mainly owing to the valor of Acrotatus who successfully held off the Siege of Sparta. He succeeded his father in 265 British Columbia, but was killed shortly thereafter (possibly in the same year) in battle against Aristodemus the Good, the tyrant of Megalopolis. Areus and Acrotatus are accused by Phylarchus of having corrupted the simplicity of Spartan manners.
