Archelaus

Family: Macedonian · Role: son of Perdiccas · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6

Life events

• Archelaus built fortresses, cut roads, and improved Macedonia’s military resources.(Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6 · 📍 Macedonia)
  • With: Perdiccas
  • “most of those now found in the country having been erected subsequently by Archelaus, the son of Perdiccas, on his accession, who also cut straight roads, and otherwise put the kingdom on a better footing as regards horses, heavy infantry, and other war material than had been done by all the eight kings that preceded him.”

Book 2 · Chapter 8 · Part 6

• parent: Perdiccas “Of these there was no great number, most of those now found in the country having been erected subsequently by Archelaus, the son of Perdiccas, on his accession, who also cut straight roads, and otherwise put the kingdom on a better footing as regards horses, heavy infantry, and other war material than had been done by all the eight kings that preceded him.”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.