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ARCHELAUS , See also:

king of See also:Judaea, was the son of See also:Herod the See also:Great. He received the See also:kingdom of Judaea by the last will of his See also:father, though a previous will had bequeathed it to his See also:brother Antipas. He was proclaimed king by the See also:army, but declined to assume the See also:title until he had submitted his claims to See also:Augustus at See also:Rome. Before setting out, he quelled with the utmost See also:cruelty a See also:sedition of the See also:Pharisees, slaying nearly 3000 of them. At Rome he was opposed by Antipas and by many of the See also:Jews, who feared his cruelty; but Augustus allotted to him the greater See also:part of the kingdom (Judaea, See also:Samaria, Ituraea) with the title of ethnarch. He married Glaphyra, the widow of his brother See also:Alexander, though his wife and her second See also:husband, See also:Juba, king of See also:Mauretania, were alive. This violation of the See also:Mosaic See also:law and his continued cruelty roused the Jews, who complained to Augustus. Archelaus was deposed (A.D. 7) and banished to See also:Vienne. The date of his See also:death is unknown. Archelaus is mentioned in Matt. ii. 22, and the See also:parable of See also:Luke xix.

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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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