Achillas

Family: Egyptian · Role: captain of the king's guards · First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 101–107

In Book III of The Civil War, Achillas, captain of the king’s guards, murdered Pompey with Lucius Septimius after Pompey embarked in a small boat. At Pothinus’s appointment, Achillas became commander-in-chief of the forces summoned to Alexandria. He ordered Dioscorides and Serapion seized and put to death, then seized Alexandria except the part held by Caesar’s troops. When Achillas tried to force the palace, Caesar’s cohorts repelled him; Ptolemy's younger daughter escaped to Achillas and assisted him in the war.

Relationship record

Life events

• Achillas and Lucius Septimius murdered Pompey after he embarked in a small boat.(The Civil War, Book III, 101–107)
  • With: Pompey Lucius Septimius
  • “he embarked in a small boat with a few attendants, and was there murdered by Achillas and Septimius.”
• Pothinus summoned the army to Alexandria and appointed Achillas commander-in-chief.(The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Pothinus
  • “he secretly called the army away from Pelusium to Alexandria, and appointed Achillas, already spoken of, commander-in-chief of the forces.”
• Achillas ordered Dioscorides and Serapion seized and put to death.(The Civil War, Book III, 108–112)
  • With: Dioscorides Serapion
  • “without hearing them, or learning the occasion of their coming, he ordered them to be seized and put to death.”
• Achillas seized Alexandria except the part occupied by Caesar's troops.(The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Caesar
  • “Achillas seized Alexandria, except that part of the town which Caesar occupied with his troops.”
• Ptolemy's younger daughter escaped from the palace to Achillas and assisted him in the war.(The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · 📍 the palace)
  • With: Ptolemy's younger daughter
  • “Ptolemy's younger daughter, hoping the throne would become vacant, made her escape from the palace to Achillas, and assisted him in prosecuting the war.”

The Civil War, Book III, 101–107

• enemies with Pompey “and despatched Achillas, captain of the king's guards, a man of singular boldness, and Lucius Septimius a military tribune to assassinate him.”

The Civil War, Book III, 108–112

• commander: Pothinus “he secretly called the army away from Pelusium to Alexandria, and appointed Achillas, already spoken of, commander-in-chief of the forces.”
• enemies with Dioscorides “But as soon as they appeared in his presence, without hearing them, or learning the occasion of their coming, he ordered them to be seized and put to death.”
• enemies with Serapion “But as soon as they appeared in his presence, without hearing them, or learning the occasion of their coming, he ordered them to be seized and put to death.”
• enemies with Caesar “At first he attempted to force the palace; but Caesar had disposed his cohorts through the streets, and repelled his attack.”
• friends with Ptolemy's younger daughter “In the meantime Ptolemy's younger daughter, hoping the throne would become vacant, made her escape from the palace to Achillas, and assisted him in prosecuting the war.”

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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.