Archelaus (father of Archelaus of Cappadocia)
Archelaus II (Greek: Ἀρχέλαος Β΄; fl. 1st century BC) was a High priest of the temple-state of Comana, Cappadocia.[1]
Background
Archelaus II was a
Mithridates VI.[6]
Priest-king
In January/February 55 BC, after the deaths of his father and sister, Archelaus II succeeded his father as High Priest/Temple Ruler of Comana.[1] Archelaus II was the High Priest of the Roman goddess of war, Bellona. When Marcus Tullius Cicero served as Proconsul of Cilicia in 51 BC, Archelaus II assisted with troops and money for those who created disturbances in Cappadocia and threatened then-King Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia. Cicero compelled Archelaus II to quit the campaign against Ariobarzanes III.[1]
In 47 BC the
of his military victory against the Triumvir Pompey, deprived and deposed Archelaus II of his office of high priest and rule over Comana.[1] Archelaus II was replaced by another Greek nobleman called Lycomedes.[7] Pompey was their family patron [8] and it was he who appointed his father as High Priest Ruler of the temple state of Comana.[9]
The fate of Archelaus II afterwards is unknown.
Family
Archelaus II had married a
Glaphyra bore Archelaus II two sons:- Archelaus Sisines,[11] also known as King "Archelaus of Cappadocia" who reigned from 36 BC until his death in 17 AD [4]
- Sisines [4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Ancient Library, Archelaus no. 3". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ "Ancient Library, Archelaus no. 2 & 3". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ Temporini, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im spiegel der neueren Forschung p.1152
- ^ a b c Dueck, Strabo’s cultural geography: the making of a kolossourgia p.208
- ^ Dueck, Strabo’s cultural geography: the making of a kolossourgia p.p.208-209
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy, Berenice IV, point 19
- ^ Dueck, Strabo’s cultural geography: the making of a kolossourgia p.197
- ^ Syme, Anatolica: studies in Strabo p.167
- ^ "Ancient Library, Archelaus no. 2". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ Syme, Anatolica: studies in Strabo p.p.144 & 167
- ^ "Archelaus | king of Cappadocia | Britannica".
Sources
- http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0272.html Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/berenice_iv.htm
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/32710/Archelaus
- H. Temporini and W. Haase, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung, Walter de Gruyter, 1980
- R. Syme and A.R. Birley, Anatolica: studies in Strabo, Oxford University Press, 1995
- D. Dueck, H. Lindsay and S. Pothecary, Strabo's cultural geography: the making of a kolossourgia, Cambridge University Press, 2005