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201 XXV Achilleus Achilleus is briefly mentioned by some early Christian historians , including Orosius (VII, 25), as a rival, would-be emperor, who gathered forces together in Alexandria during Diocletian’s reign. These references put him in the last part of the third century or the first years of the fourth. Diocletian besieged Alexandria for eight months before taking it and killing Achilleus, who is not recorded as ever having reached Rome. the Book tells us that Achilleus then held the Empire. He was eager to make Rome beautiful. That noble king had costly palaces built of the whitest marble, and he required the people of the land to pay him taxes, with which he completed fine walls and moats, just as he directed. After some time it came to pass that Romans sent after the worthiest nobleman of whom they had knowledge. Right away Posthumus came to the group who had sent for him. When he learned from them that it had been Achilleus who had killed his father, his revenge was ferocious, and he stabbed the king all the way through. Posthumus also lay there dead. Achilleus ruled the Empire for nine months. All the followers of Posthumus were taken prisoner. They suffered great pain from torture before being mutilated and hanged. That is how the Romans avenged the death of their lord. ...

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