History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

HISTORY OF ARMENIA. ^*
expressed pleasure at the object of his brother's
search.
The whole of the archives at Nineveh
were then exposed to the inspection of INIaribas.
Having examined these papers, he found
a manuscript in
the Greek character with this
label, " This book, containing the annals of ancient
history, was translated from Chaldean into
Greek by order of Alexander the Great." From
this manuscript Maribas extracted, in due order,
the history of Armenia, from the time of Haicus to
that of Paroyr, and thence to the tmie of Vahey,
and then returned to Valarsaces in Nisibis.
This discovery afforded a deal of joy to the king,
who preserved the extracts with great care in
his treasury. Other books having been discovered
by Maribas, containing the narrative
of events to his own times, he added to the
extracts from the manuscripts of Nineveh,
others, which rendered the history complete.
He wrote also an account of the exploits of
Valarsaces and his son Arsaces. He wrote the
lives of Arsaces the Parthian, and his grandson
Arsaces the Great, from which it appears that we
have greater claims to antiquity, and that our records
are more authentic, than those of all other
nations, the Hebrews or Jews excepted. Valar-
saces then commenced improving the state of
his kingdom and people. He divided the
former into provinces, over which he appointed
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