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

32 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
4451.
the ensigns of royal dignity, the crown and
sceptre, were scarcely known by them to
have
an existence, and it was not until an intercourse
took place between the Armenians and Assyrians,
that the former became sensible of the
importance with which the decorations of a
sovereign prince were invested. It appears
also, from the events that took place in the
reign we are about to notice,
that those kings
only who wore the badges of royalty, could
permit other princes to assume them.
3252; On the death of Scavordee, the government of
Armenia was taken possession of by his son
Paroyr ;
which event happened two years after
the foundation of Rome.
At this period Sardanapalus,
a man of vicious habits
and the most
unruly passions, swayed the sceptre of Assyria.
Five years after the assumption of the supreme
controul of Armenia by Paroyr, the conduct of
Saidanapalus became so disgusting to the Assyrians,
that a rebellion broke out against him,
headed by Arbaces, prince of the Medes, a man
of talent and virtue.
This latter, previous to his commencing
hostilities against Sardanapalus, sent to
Paroyr
and Belesis, surnamed Nabonazar, the prince
of Babylon, offering, if they would join him
in his projected attempt to dethrone the king
of Assyria, to confer upon them the en-