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name: "Archelaus I of Macedon"
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description: "The Macedonian king who built the machinery Philip and Alexander would inherit. Archelaus ruled fourteen years at the turn of the fifth century BC and overhauled an backwater kingdom—roads, forts, cavalry—so thoroughly that Thucydides said he did more for the military than every king before him combined."
tagline: "King of Macedon"
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birthDate: "-500"
deathDate: "-399"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Archelaus took the throne in 413 BC and spent his reign dragging Macedon out of its margins. He reformed state administration, opened trade routes, and poured resources into the army—transforming infrastructure his predecessors had neglected. Thucydides, writing as a contemporary, credited him with advancing the kingdom's military capability more than all prior rulers together. By the time of his death in 399 BC, Macedon had shed its weakness and become a force that would shadow Greek politics for the next century.