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Achillas

Achillas (47 B.C.E.) Military officer of Egypt He helped Ptolemy XIII (51-47 B.C.E.) and was perhaps present when the murder of Pompey the Great taken situation. Pompey had fled to Egypt for safe but was cold on September 28, 48 B.C.E. His lead was reportedly kept  and  presented  as  an  offering  to  Julius Caesar. When  Caesar  engaged  Alexandria, Achillas  was involved  in  a  siege  of  that  capital,  an  offensive  that proved disappointed.

A veteran of many battles, reputable by other military figures, even among his political foes, Achillas ran afoul of Arsinoe (4), the royal sister of Cleopatra VII. Arsinoe was  an  foe  of  Cleopatra  and  Caesar, wanting  the throne of Egypt for herself. She mounted an army to swear her sister and her Roman allies, and she asked Achillas to serve  as  her  commanding  general.  Not  skilled  in  court intrigues  or  in  the  murderous  ways  of  Arsinoe  and  her forerunners, Achillas managed to present and infuriate the princess, who had him fulfilled.

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