Orestes (), was king of

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and son of Archelaus IErrington, R. Malcolm (1990). ''A History of Macedonia''. University of California Press. p. 28.Roisman, Joseph (2010). "Classical Macedonia to Perdiccas III". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). ''A Companion to Ancient Macedonia''. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 157-158. He reigned from 400/399 to 398/7 BC, when his guardian (''epitropos'') and uncle, Aeropus II, killed or deposed him.Diodorus Siculus.
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Aeropus thereafter reigned alone until his death in 394/3 BC.

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