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

118 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
for their expulsion. He wrote for levies from
Judea to
Herod, Agrippa, and the other chiefs
of that country; also
from Assyria and Cilicia,
to assist his troops in their intended expedition
to Upper Armenia. The general appointed to
command this vast army was Domitius Corbulo,
Quadratus governor of Assyria being nominated
A. D. 56. ^^^^ lieutenant. Corbulo, having assumed the
command, advanced to the frontiers of Armenia,
when hearing that Tirithus had collected a large
force to oppose him, he paused awhile, being
apprehensive that Darius the Persian king
would take up arms in defence of his relation.
To this monarch the Roman general sent proposals
of peace ; the principal of which was
that he should consent to the expulsion
of his
brother Tirithus from Armenia. Darius appeared
to desire no better, but in reality had no
thoughts of complying with the demands of the
Roman. He therefore amused the ambassadors
of. Corbulo with promises, and thus spun out the,
negotiation for more than a year, by which the
Roman army was much distressed, from the
uncongenial nature of the climate to which they
were exposed.
A.D.58. In the spring of the ensuing year Corbulo
entered the country and committed great
ravages. He captured three fortresses in Vanand,
and slaughtered the population with the most