Amidst this and like popular talk, Nero ordered the young recruits levied in the adjacent provinces to be brought up for the supply of the legions of the East, and the legions themselves to take up a position on the Armenian frontier while two princes of old standing, Agrippa and Antiochus, were to prepare a force for the invasion of the Parthian territories. The Euphrates too was to be spanned by bridges; Lesser Armenia was intrusted to Aristobulus, Sophene to Sohæmus, each with the ensigns of royalty. There rose up at this crisis a rival to Vologeses in his son Vardanes, and the Parthians quitted Armenia, apparently intending to defer hostilities.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Agrippa — a candidate entry Antiochus — a candidate entry Nero — a life Vardanes — a candidate entry Vologeses — a candidate entry
The Annals, Tacitus — translated by Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb, 1876
Perseus Digital Library — Tacitus, The Annals (Church & Brodribb translation) · Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb (1876); Perseus Project digital edition
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