Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro King of Cyrenaica
Is Athlete 
Ruler 
From Libya 
Type Military 
Sports 
Gender male
Birth BCCyrene, Libya
Death BCBenghazi, Libya
Family
Father: Battus IV of Cyrene 
Awards
Award for Olympic chariot racing  
Pythian games winner  

Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene (Greek: Ἀρκεσίλαος, flourished 5th century BC) was the eighth King of Cyrene and last king of the Battiad dynasty. He served as a client king under Persian authority.

Biography

Arcesilaus was the only child of the seventh Cyrenaean king, Battus IV. When his father died in 465 BC Arcesilaus became the new king. In 462 BC, Arcesilaus won a chariot race at the Pythian Games at Delphi using native Libyan horses . His victory was celebrated by Greek poet Pindar in the Fourth and Fifth Pythian Odes. Pindar advises Arcesilaus in his ode to reconcile with his opponents and stresses the legitimacy of his rule because his family has ruled in Cyrenaica for eight generations .

His reign grew progressively more tyrannical, exiling many Cyrenaean nobles and bringing in mercenaries to support his rule. As a result of his actions, the Cyrenaeans rebelled, forcing Arcesilaus to leave Cyrene and flee to Euesperides (modern Benghazi) with his son and only child, Battus V.

Arcesilaus, along with his son, were killed by the Cyrenaean citizens in 440 BC. It is said that after Battus was killed, the Cyrenaeans cut off his head and threw his head into the sea. With Battus’ beheading, Battiad rule in Cyrenaica ended and the citizens proclaimed Cyrenaica a republic under Persian rule.

Sources

  • Herodotus, The Histories, Book 4
  • Burn, A R. The Penguin History of Greece, Penguin Books, Clay Ltd, St Ives P/C, England, 1990.
  • Pindar’s odes to Arcesilaus
  • Smith dictionary
  • https://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrenaica/cyrenaica.html
  • http://www.mediterranees.net/dictionnaires/smith/cyrene.html
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070805144946/http://ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/762227
Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene
Battiad Dynasty

 Died: 440 BC

Regnal titles
Preceded by
Battus IV 		King of Cyrene
465 BC – 440 BC 		Vacant

Republic under Persia
Title next held by

Magas

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