Alcetas I of Macedon_

Updated Feb 20, 2026

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Alcetas I of Macedon: 6th-century BC Macedonian king.

Biography

Alcetas was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He was a member of the Argead dynasty and son of Aeropus I. By allowing thirty years for the span of an average generation from the beginning of Archelaus' reign in 413 BC, British historian Nicholas Hammond estimated that Alcetas ruled around 533 BC.

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