With the close of the year came disquieting rumours that the Parthians
had again broken their bounds and were ravaging Armenia, from which they
had driven Rhadamistus, who, having often possessed himself of the kingdom
and as often been thrust out of it, had now relinquished hostilities. Rome
with its love of talking began to ask how a prince of scarce seventeen
was to encounter and avert this tremendous peril, how they could fall back
on one who was ruled by a woman; or whether |