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Vassilis Christou Rapotikas Vasil Rapotika
Born	1888 Gramos, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	May or June 1943 Grizano, Greece
Military career
Allegiance	Principality of Pindus  Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch	Roman Legion
Years of service	1941–1943

Vassilis Christou Rapotikas (1888–1943; Aromanian: Vasil Rapotika; Greek: Βασίλειος Χρήστου Ραποτίκας) was an Aromanian brigand^[1] and collaborationist paramilitary leader in Greece during World War II. He was among leaders of the Roman Legion of the short-lived Italian puppet state of Pindus, right behind Alcibiades Diamandi and Nicolaos Matussis. This unit sought to carve out a permanent and independent Aromanian state in the Greek regions of Thessaly and Macedonia.^[2] Rapotikas was killed in May or June 1943 by members of the Greek People's Liberation Army near Grizano.^[3]

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