ARCHELAUS

archelaus, king of cappadocia, was grandson of the last named. in 41 b.c. (according to others, 34), he was made king of cappadocia by mark antony, whom, however, he deserted after the battle of actium. octavian enlarged his kingdom by the addition of part of cilicia and lesser armenia. he was not popular with his subjects, who even brought an accusation against him in rome, on which occasion he was defended by tiberius. subsequently he was accused by tiberius, when emperor, of endeavouring to stir up a revolution, and died in confinement at rome (a.d. 17). cappadocia was then made a roman province. archelaus was said to have been the author of a geographical work, and to have written treatises _on stones_ and _rivers_. strabo xii. p. 540; suetonius, _tiberius_, 37, _caligula_, 1; dio cassius xlix. 32-51; tacitus, _ann_. ii. 42.