Aurelius,[1] who joined with himself Lucius Verus,[2] the adopted son of the late emperor. Soon after the accession of the new rulers, Vologases launched his long-threatened campaign. C. Sedatius Severianus,[3] Gallic legate of Cappadocia, took the field against him. Severianus was probably following Trajan's route northward into Armenia when he was caught by the Parthian forces under a commander named Osroes and forced into Elegia. There Severianus was besieged, and he and his troops died almost to the last man.[4] Edessa was taken by the Parthians, and a certain Waël, son of Sahru, was placed on the throne.[5] The Parthians then moved southward and crossed the Euphrates into Syria, where they spread terror everywhere.[6] Since the days of Cicero the Syrians had been friendly with the Parthians, and danger of a general revolt became imminent.[7] Attidius Cornelianus, governor of Syria, was driven back when he attempted to oppose the invaders, and thus the state of affairs became critical.[8] It was decided
- ↑ PW, art. "Annius," No. 94.
- ↑ PW, art. "Ceionius," No. 8.
- ↑ PW, art. "Sedatius," No. 1.
- ↑ Lucian Alex. 27. On the manner of his death cf. Lucian Quomodo hist. 21 and 25. See also Dio Cass. lxxi. 2. 1; Fronto Princ. hist. (Loeb, II, p. 214).
- ↑ Hill, Coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Persia, pp. xcvi f., and Gutschmid, Geschichte Irans, pp. 148 f.
- ↑ Dio Cass. lxxi. 2. 1; Orosius vii. 15. 2.
- ↑ Capit. Verus 6. 9.
- ↑ Capit. Marcus Antoninus 8. 6.
