Defectors

assassin of Julius Caesar

5th-century BC Roman general

leader of the Batavian rebellion against the Romans in 69 AD

Barbary pirate of Dutch descent

1st c. BCE Roman soldier allied with the Parthians

Kurdish military leader and administrator (died 1657)

Aratius (, died 552) was an Armenian military commander of the 6th century whose brother was Narses. He served at first the Sasanian Empire, then defected to the Byzantine Empire. He is primarily known for his activities in the Iberian War and the Gothic War. He was eventually killed in an ambush. Primary sources about him include Choricius of Gaza and Procopius of Caesarea.

Indonesian politician (1925–2002)

Bakjur was a Circassian military slave (mamluk or ghulam) who served the Hamdanids of Aleppo and later the Fatimids of Egypt. He seized control of Aleppo in 975 and governed it until 977, when the rightful Hamdanid ruler, Sa'd al-Dawla, regained it. Given the governorship of Homs, in 983 he went over to the Fatimids and launched an attack on Aleppo, which was defeated through the intervention of Byzantine troops. Bakjur then became governor of Damascus for the Fatimids until 988. He made a last attempt to capture Aleppo in 991, which again was defeated thanks to Byzantine assistance. Bakjur wa

1st century BC Roman politician

prince of the Aq Qoyunlu

general of Kavadh I and Justinian I

American conspiracy theorist and pro-Russian propagandist

abbasid Provincial governor and Army general