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Archelaus Philopator

Archelaus of Cappadocia
Archaelaus of Cappadocia - Drachm.jpg
Silver Drachm of Archaelaus of Cappadocia. The Greek inscription reads "ΒΑΣΙΛΈΩΣ ΑΡΧΕΛΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ."
King of Cappadocia
Reign 36 BC – 17 AD
Predecessor Ariarathes X of Cappadocia
Born Cappadocia in Asia minor
Died 17 AD
Rome, Roman Empire
Dynasty Ariathids
Father Archelaus
Mother Glaphyra

Archelaus (Greek: Ἀρχέλαος; fl. 1st century BC and 1st century, died 17 AD) was a Roman client prince and the last king of Cappadocia.

Archelaus was a Cappadocian Greek nobleman, possibly of Macedonian descent. His full name was Archelaus Sisines. He was the first-born son, namesake of the Roman Client and High Priest Ruler Archelaus, of the temple state of Comana, Cappadocia and the hetaera Glaphyra. Archelaus’ father served as the High Priest of the Roman Goddess of War, Bellona. Archelaus had a brother called Sisines.

The paternal grandfather of Archelaus, also known as Archelaus, was the first in his family to be High Priest and Roman Client Ruler of the temple state of Comana, Cappadocia. His paternal grandfather claimed to be descended from King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Chronologically his paternal grandfather, may have been a maternal grandson of the Pontic King, while his father Archelaus, was the favorite high-ranking general of Mithridates VI, who may have married one of the daughters of Mithridates VI.

In 47 BC the Roman Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar after the conclusion of his military victory against the Triumvir Pompey, deprived and deposed his father of his office of high priest and rule over Comana. His father was replaced by another Greek nobleman called Lycomedes. Pompey was their family patron and it was he that appointed his paternal grandfather as High Priest Ruler of the temple state of Comana.


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