He did so; his suspicions were soon confirmed, and at length a letter, which Pothinus had written to Achillas, was intercepted and brought to Caesar.

This furnished the necessary proof of what they called his guilt, and Caesar ordered him to be beheaded.
This circumstance produced, of course, a great excitement within the palace, for Pothinus had been for many years the great ruling minister of state,--the king, in fact, in all but in name.

His execution alarmed a great many others, who, though in Caesar's power, were secretly wishing that Achillas might prevail.

Among those most disturbed by these fears was a man named Ganymede.

He was the officer who had charge of Arsinoe, Cleopatra's sister.