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ARCHELAUS
, See also: 1I f. probably refers to his See also:journey to Rome . See Scharer, Gesch. See also:des jiidischen Volkes, 449-453 . (J . H . A . H.) ARCHELAUS, king of See also:Macedonia (413—399 B.C.), was the son of See also:Perdiccas and a slave See also:mother . He obtained the See also:throne by murdering his See also:uncle, his See also:cousin and his See also:half-brother, the legitimate See also:heir, but proved a capable and beneficent ruler . He fortified cities, constructed roads and organized the army . He endeavoured to spread among his See also:people the refinements of See also:Greek See also:civilization, and invited to his See also:court, which he removed from Aegae to See also:Pella, many celebrated men, amongst them Zeuxis, See also:Timotheus, See also:Euripides and See also:Agathon . In 399 he was killed by one of his favourites while See also:hunting; according to another See also:account he was the victim of a See also:conspiracy . Diodorus Siculus xiii . 49, xiv . 37; See also:Thucydides ii. See also:loo . |
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