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

82 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
the places he had lost during his first unfortunate
war with the Romans.
3938; Lucullus was shortly after superseded in the
command of the Roman army in
Pompey the Great.
the east by
Between him and Mithridates
many battles were fought. The latter
having collected an army of Scythians combated
with great success, and succeeded in regaining
the whole of Pontus. But what all the
power of the Roman State had been unable to
do for so many years, treachery at last effected:
he was deserted by his prime minister, who had
permitted himself to be seduced by the Romans,
whom he joined with all his power and influence.
His chiefs followed the example of his
minister, and to crown the whole, his illegitimate
son Pharnaces, forgetful of every principle of
filial piety, raised an insurrection even in his
camp, and marched with the insurgent soldiers
to the attack of the fortress in Pontus, in which
Mithridates had taken up his residence. At
3941; this moment despair seized him. He caused
his two daughters Mithridata and Neussa, one
betrothed to the king of Egypt and the other
to the king of Cyprus, to be called before him,
and having: pathetically bewailed the events
which had necessitated him to
the measure he
was about to take, he produced a cup of poison>
which he declared it to be his intention to