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

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HISTORY OF ARMENIA. 67
their numbers. And, to give an idea of the
infinity of people that followed this prince, we
are told, that on passing a country covered with
pebbles, every man received orders to cast one
into a heap ; after all had passed, this heap was
as
big as a mountain!
Artaces, with this multitude, set out on his expedition.
He directed his course to the westward,
and subdued the whole of Asia Minor. He then
fitted out a fleet, passed the Hellespont, and conquered
Thrace and Greece, destroyed the chief
cities in these countries, entered the Morea, and
defeated the Lacedaemonians.
His fame spread
abroad to such an extent that even the people on
the borders of the Mediterranean trembled at the
sound of his name.
Thus, having gratified his
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thirst for conquest he returned to Armenia. He 3908;
then appointed his son Tigranes to the temporary
government of his kingdom, and again set out
on another expedition into Persia. No resistance
was made against these incursions of Artaces ;
because the Romans, although at that time very
powerful, were engaged in other wars, and had
not the means of resisting him.
On another expedition planned by him shortly 3910
after, a sedition broke out amongst the soldiers,
in which much blood was shed yet without success
in quelling it; and Artaces, endeavouring
to get away into Armenia from the danger that
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