MILITARY PERSONNEL

Achillas

100 BC - 48 BC

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Achillas (Greek: Ἀχιλλᾶς; died 47 BC) was one of the guardians of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and commander of the king's troops, when Pompey fled to Egypt in September 48 BC. He was called by Julius Caesar a man of extraordinary daring, and it was he and Lucius Septimius who killed Pompey at the suggestion of the eunuch Pothinus and Theodotus of Chios. Achillas subsequently joined Pothinus in resisting Caesar, and having had the command of the whole army entrusted to him by Pothinus, he marched against Alexandria with 20,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. Caesar, who was at Alexandria, did not have sufficient forces to oppose him, and sent ambassadors to negotiate with him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Achillas has received more than 132,646 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Achillas is the 1,233rd most popular military personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Achillas ranks 1,233 out of 2,058. Before him are Sō Yoshitoshi, Michael von Melas, Gustav Lombard, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Taira no Munemori, and Rash Behari Bose. After him are Hannibal Gisco, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Richard Montgomery, Neoptolemus II of Epirus, Richard Ruoff, and József Alvinczi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100 BC, Achillas ranks 61. Before him are Seleucus VII Philometor, Porcia, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Iaia, Commius, and Quintus Pedius. After him are Aulus Plautius, Marcus Lollius, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Dumnorix, Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, and Mithridates I of the Bosporus. Among people deceased in 48 BC, Achillas ranks 7. Before him are Pompey, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Pothinus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cassivellaunus, and Titus Annius Milo. After him are Marcus Caelius Rufus, Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, Appius Claudius Pulcher, and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus.

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