 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamwe chete naNeoptolemus vose vakakwira mukurumbira mukati mehondo dzaMithridates VI pamhenderekedzo dzokuchamhembe kweGungwa Dema. Archelaus aiva mukuru mukuru wePonto aizivikanwa zvikuru munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga yaMithridates89 BC-85 BC. Muna 88 BC sechikamu cheHondo Yekutanga yeMithridatic, Archelaus nemuninina wake vakabatanidzwa muhondo yemauto neuto rePontic kurwisa Mambo Nicomedes IV weBithynia. PaRwizi rwaAmnias hama dzaiva nomutungamiriri wevarindi vepamberi ndokukunda kukunda kwadzo kwokutanga kwehondo. Neoptolemus ipapo akapfuurira kukurira hondo yaitungamirirwa navaRoma paProtopachium, zvichida asina munununa wake. Archelaus akabva apinda muhondo yakabudirira yaMithridates VI yokukunda chikamu chikuru chepurovhinzi yeRoma yeAsia. Archelaus akanga arwisa guta rainzi Magnesia ad Sipylum kana kuti Magnesia paMaeander. Kurwisa uku kwakakundikana uye Archelaus akakuvadzwa muhondo. 