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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
every token of reverence and had sent him some of his children, to cement
the friendship, not so much from dread of us as from distrust of the loyalty
of his countrymen.
