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'''Archelaus I''' was king of [[Macedon]] from [[413 BC|413]] to [[399 BC]], following the death of [[Perdiccas II of Macedon|Perdiccas II]]. The son of Perdiccas by a slave woman, Archelaus obtained the throne by murdering his uncle, his cousin, and his half-brother, the legitimate heir, but proved a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce.

Almost immediately after he took power, Archelaus was faced with a situation which allowed him to completely reverse Macedon's relationship with [[Athens]], which had been a major threat for the past half century. The Athenians experienced a crushing defeat at Syracuse in late 413 during which most of their ships were destroyed. This left the Athenians in desperate need of a huge amount of timber to build new ships and Archelaus in a position to set the price. Archelaus generously supplied the Athenians with the timber they needed. In recognition of this, the Athenians honored Archelaus and his children with the titles of ''proxenos'' and ''euergetes'' of the people.

Archelaus went on to institute many internal reforms. He issued an abundance of good quality coinage. He built strongholds, cut straight roads (important for movement of the military), and improved the organization of the military, particularly the cavalry and hoplite infantry.

Archelaus was also known as a man of culture and extended cultural and artistic contacts with southern Greece. In his new palace at [[Pella]] (where he moved the capital from the old capital at [[Vergina|Aigai]]), he hosted great poets, tragedians, including [[Euripides]] (who wrote his tragedies ''Archelaus'' and ''[[The Bacchae]]'' while in Macedon), musicians, and painters, including [[Zeuxis]] (the most celebrated painter of his time). Archelaus reorganized the Olympia, a religious festival with musical and athletic competitions honoring Olympian [[Zeus]] and the [[Muses]] at [[Dion, Macedonia|Dion]], the [[Olympia]] of Macedon. The greatest athletes and artists of Greece came to Macedon to participate in this event.

Archelaus was killed in 399 B.C. during a hunt by one of the royal pages. It is possible that this was part of a conspiracy, although nothing was ever proven. By the time that he died, Archelaus had succeeded in converting Macedon into a significantly stronger power. [[Thucydides]] even credited Archelaus with doing more for his kingdom than all of his predecessors together.

==External links==

* [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/archelaus/t.html Coinage of Archelaus]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s022/f236099.htm Ancestry of Archelaus]

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title=[[Kings of Macedon|King of Macedon]] |
before=[[Perdiccas II of Macedon|Perdiccas II]] |
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years=413 BC–399 BC
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 Archelaus went on to institute many internal reforms.  He issued an abundance of good quality coinage.  He built strongholds, cut straight roads (important for movement of the military), and improved the organization of the military, particularly the cavalry and hoplite infantry.
-Archelaus was also known as a man of culture and extended cultural and artistic contacts with southern Greece. In his new palace at [[Pella]] (where he moved the capital from the old capital at [[Vergina|Aigai]]), he hosted great poets, tragedians, including [[Euripides]] (who wrote his tragedies ''Archelaus'' and ''[[The Bacchae]]'' while in Macedon), musicians, and painters, including [[Zeuxis]] (the most celebrated painter of his time).  Archelaus reorganized the Olympia, a religious festival with musical and athletic competitions honoring Olympian [[Zeus]] and the [[Muses]] at [[Dion, Macedonia|Dion]], the [[Olympia]] of Macedon.  The greatest athletes and artists of Greece came to Macedon to participate in this event.
+Archelaus was also known as a man of culture and extended cultural and artistic contacts with southern Greece. In his new palace at [[Pella]] (where he moved the capital from the old capital at [[Vergina|Aigai]]), he hosted great poets, tragedians, including [[Euripides]] (who wrote his tragedies ''Archelaus'' and ''[[The Bacchae]]'' while in Macedon), musicians, and painters, including [[Zeuxis]] (the most celebrated painter of his time).  Archelaus reorganized the Olympia, a religious festival with musical and athletic competitions honoring Olympian [[Zeus]] and the [[Muses]] at [[Dion]], the [[Olympia]] of Macedon.  The greatest athletes and artists of Greece came to Macedon to participate in this event.
 Archelaus was killed in 399 B.C. during a hunt by one of the royal pages.  It is possible that this was part of a conspiracy, although nothing was ever proven.  By the time that he died, Archelaus had succeeded in converting Macedon into a significantly stronger power.  [[Thucydides]] even credited Archelaus with doing more for his kingdom than all of his predecessors together.

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