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War between Armenia/Rome and Iberia/Parthia (AD 62-AD 65) Parthian king Vologeses, heard of Corbulo's achievements and of a foreign prince, Tigranes, having been set over Armenia, at the same time to avenge the majesty of the Arsacids, insulted by the expulsion of his brother Tiridates, drawn to different thoughts as he reflected on the greatness of Rome, and felt reverence for a unbroken treaty. Naturally irresolute, he was now hampered by a revolt of the Hyrcanians, a powerful tribe, and by several wars arising out of it. Suddenly, as he was wavering, fresh and further tidings of disgrace him to action. Tigranes, quitting Armenia, had ravaged the Adiabeni, a people on its border, too extensively and continuously for mere plundering raids. The chief men of the tribes were indignant at having fallen into such inroads, they didn't need a Roman general, but a daring hostage, who for so many years had been numbered among slaves. Their anger was by Monobazus who ruled the Adiabeni, and asked what protection he was to seek and from what quarter "Already," he said, "Armenia has been given up, and its borders are being wrested from us, and unless the Parthians helped us, we will find that subjection to Rome is lighter for those who surrender than for the conquered." Tiridates too, exile as he was from his kingdom, by his silence or very moderate complaints made the deeper impression. [1]
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- ^ War between Armenia/Rome and Iberia/Parthia by Tacitus
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