In the consulship of Sisenna Statilius Taurus and Lucius Libo there
was a commotion in the kingdoms and Roman provinces of
the East. It had
its origin among the Parthians, who disdained as a
foreigner a king whom
they had sought and received from Rome, though he was
of the family of
the Arsacids. This was Vonones, who had been given as
an hostage to Augustus
by Phraates. For although he had driven before him
armies and generals
from Rome, Phraates had shown to Augustus |