Arcesilaus I of Cyrene
{{Short description|King of Cyrenaica (died 583 BC)}}
{{about|second Greek king of Cyrenaica||Arcesilaus (disambiguation)}}
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| succession = King of Cyrenaica
| reign = 600-583 BC
| predecessor = Battus I
| successor = Battus II
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| death_date = 583 BC
| death_place = Cyrene
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| issue = Battus II
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| house = Battiadae
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| father = Battus I
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| religion = Greek polytheism
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Arcesilaus I of Cyrene ({{langx|el|Ἀρκεσίλαος}}; died 583 BC), also spelled Arkesilaos I, was the second Greek king of Cyrenaica and the second king of the Battiad dynasty.
Ancestry
Reign
Very little is known on the life and reign of Arcesilaus. He succeeded to the throne after the death of his father in 600 BC. Herodotus says that the number of people in Cyrene during his reign remained equal to the original number of settlers under Battus. Arcesilaus died in 583 BC and was buried near his father.
Offspring
See also
Sources
- Herodotus, The Histories, Book 4.
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=yFoGAAAAQAAJ&dq=battus+i+of+cyrene&pg=RA1-PA476 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology] at Google Books
- [http://www.mediterranees.net/dictionnaires/smith/cyrene.html Cyrene] in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, by William Smith (1873)
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{{s-hou|Battiad dynasty||||583 BC}}
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Category:7th-century BC Greek people
Category:6th-century BC Greek people