Archelaus, who is also known as a man of culture, has extended Macedon’s cultural and artistic contacts with southern Greece.
In his new palace at Pella on the central Macedonian plain (where he has moved the capital from the old capital at Aigai to the south) he has introduced Greek artists to his new capital and, by inviting such famous Greek artists as Euripides and Agathon to his court, has also fostered the hellenization of his subjects.
In addition to pursuing a strongly philhellenic policy, Archelaus has strengthened and centralized Macedonia by building roads and fortresses, improving army equipment, and encouraging city life; his assassination in 399 is followed by seven years of murder and anarchy.
