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Achaeus (general)

d. 213 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Achaeus was a Seleucid general and a cousin of Antiochus III who restored Seleucid control of Asia Minor in the 220s BCE. In 220 BCE he proclaimed himself king, and his forces campaigned in Pisidia, besieging Selge in 218 BCE. Antiochus besieged him at Sardis, and after his capture in 213 BCE he was executed.

Achaeus (general)
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