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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 362 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARCHELAUS

ARCHELAUS OF See also:
CAPPADOCIA
CAPPADOCIA (1st See also:
CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)
century B.c.) , See also:

general of See also:

MITHRADATES

Mithradates the See also:

GREAT

Great in the See also:

war against See also:

Rome. In 87 B.c. he was sent to See also:

GREECE

Greece with a large See also:

army and See also:

FLEET

fleet, and occupied the See also:

PEIRAEUS, or PIRAEUS (Gr. Hetpaceur)

Peiraeus after three days' fighting with Bruttius Sura, See also:

PREFECT (prefet)

prefect of See also:

MACEDONIA

Macedonia, who in the previous See also:

YEAR

year had defeated Mithradates' fleet under Metrophanes and captured the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Sciathus. Here he was besieged by See also:

SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla, compelled to with-draw into See also:

BOEOTIA

Boeotia, and completely defeated at See also:

CHAERONEIA, or CHAERONEA

Chaeroneia (86). A fresh army was sent by Mithradates, but Archelaus was again defeated at See also:

ORCHOMENUS (local form on coins and inscriptions, Erchomenos)

Orchomenus, after a two days' See also:

BATTLE

battle (85). On the conclusion of See also:

peace, Archelaus, finding that he had incurred the suspicion of Mithradates, deserted to the See also:

Romans, by whom he was well received. Nothing further is known of him. See also:

APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, Mithrid. 30, 49, 56, 64; See also:

Plutarch, Sulla, ii, 16-19, 20, 23; See also:

LUCULLUS

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