In 273 BC, King Areus of Sparta was away with most of the army when his unpopular uncle Cleonymus invited King Pyrrhus of Epirus to invade Sparta.

• 公元前二七三年，斯巴达国王阿鲁斯率领大部分军队在外，他不得人心的伯父克里欧尼莫斯邀伊庇鲁斯国王皮拉斯入侵斯巴达。