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

HISTORY OF ARMENIA. 195
the inhabitants surviving, ordered his troops to
cease from slaughter.
Those of the citizens that
escaped death during the storm he took with
him as prisoners, and ordered that henceforward
the tribe of the Seunies should remain without
a chief, as Andovk, their late head, had held
out the city against him.
After having caused
the Armenian troops, which he had sent to
Nisibis befoi;^ the siege, to rejoin him, he quitted
the country.
Gnelus, chief of the Anzevazies,
was appointed general of the eastern division of
the Armenian army in the room of Andovk.
CHAPTER XX.
The destruction of Arshacavan and the cruelty
of Arsaces,
On the reconciliation of Arsaces with Shapuh,
and the march of the latter into Greece, the
former began to build a city on that part of Mount
Ararat which is in the province of Kog.
Having
finished it he called it Arshacavan. Desiring
to people it as quickly as possible,
he directed
it to be proclaimed, that all who would take up
their habitation in
his new city should be free
from the arm of justice, and should not be amenable
to any tribunal for any crime. On this
being publicly known, the city was soon stocked
cc 2
a.d. 370.