Examples of 'archelaus' in a sentence

Meaning of "archelaus"

archelaus (noun): a name that could refer to a historical figure, character, or entity
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  • Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD.
  • A bishop of Mesopotamia under the emperor Probus, noted for his treatise on the Manichaean heresy dating to AD 277.
  • A sculptor from Priene during the reign of Claudius, most noted for an image of Homer reputed to have been found in 1658.
  • An Athenian or Milesian philosopher who was preceptor to Socrates, noted for the doctrine that heat and cold are the principles of all things.

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Archelaus went on to institute many internal reforms.
He was to guard against any sudden moves by Archelaus.
Archelaus then left to feast with his friends.
The name was changed again by Archelaus d.
Archelaus of cappadocia.
Soon there were riots in the areas ruled by Archelaus.
Archelaus is deposed.
This attack failed and Archelaus was wounded in the fighting.
Archelaus and his Greek allies moved against him.
He was succeeded by his son Archelaus.
The fate of Archelaus afterwards is unknown.
He then made a move that looked to Archelaus like a retreat.
Archelaus generously supplied the Athenians with the timber they needed.
The centurion returns to Herod Archelaus in the middle of a belly dancing entertainment.
Archelaus who was a Roman client prince was the last to rule as a king of Cappadocia.

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A third version asserts that Archelaus was unintentionally struck by Craterus during a hunt.
Archelaus was proclaimed a leader by his father Herod the Great and the army.
It soon dawned on Archelaus what Sulla was up to.
Archelaus was also allowed to continue his rule over the small Cilician region of Cetis.
But he heard that Archelaus was now king in Judea.
Archelaus was a son of Perdiccas II by a slave woman.
Temenus had a son named Archelaus.
Archelaus and Pythodorida had no children.
He also had suspicions of Archelaus.
Archelaus had a brother called Sisines.
Athronges led the rebellion against Archelaus and the Romans.
Archelaus had sent Tigranes to live and be educated in Rome.
Asia was occupied by the forces of Mithridates under the command of Archelaus.
Archelaus returned to Jerusalem shortly after Varus suppressed the insurrection.
Agathon spent his last years at the court of Archelaus of Macedonia.
Her marriage to Archelaus the elder of Cappadocia gave her political power.
Pythodorida had moved with her children from Pontus to Cappadocia to live with Archelaus.
Archelaus and Antipas both went to Rome to present their claims before Caesar.
Tiberius enticed Archelaus to come to Rome.
Archelaus the son of Herod the Great.
His full name was Archelaus Sisines.
Archelaus inherited rule of Samaria and Judah.
Herod Antipas had been educated with his brother Archelaus in Rome.
Herod Archelaus deposed as the ethnarch of the Tetrarchy of Judea.
He studied philosophy at Rhodes under Archelaus of Rhodes and became fluent in Greek.
Archelaus the Pontic general.
Marriage to Archelaus.
Cicero compelled Archelaus to quit the campaign against Ariobarzanes III.
And that was before everything, even before Archelaus.
Archelaus was given Judea.
Those who came from Archelaus were stoned, with many killed.
Archelaus had attacked a city called Magnesia ad Sipylum or Magnesia on the Maeander.
After he and his family settled there, Archelaus developed the city.
Archelaus remained with Sulla while these terms were sent to Mithridates VI.
It 's only because they are afraid of Archelaus that they travel north into the Galilee.

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