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of his errors, began to reform, and hayinp collected a large army of Aluans and Georgians, with other troops drawn from Atropatia and the country about Mount Caucasus, he des- cended into Mesopotamia, and reconquered all the places which had been taken from him while he was in that state of indolence and inactivity, from which he had so lately 3968 ; extracted himself. Before Artavazd left Meso- potamia^ Antony, the colleague of Augustus^ marched with a large Roman army to invade Persia. The Armenian king, apprehensive of danger from this expedition, sent messengers to Antony, beseeching him to make a treaty with the Armenians, who» he promised, should always be the allies of the Romans. Antony granted the request, and when he was near the confines of Persia, sent to Artavazd to demand assistance against the enemies of the Romans. Artavazd was obliged by his treaty to assist Antony, yet he secretly furnished the Persians with supplies, by which means the Romans suffered a severe defeat, and with difficulty escaped into Armenia. Here they wintered, and in the spring returned to Assyria^. Antony, it appears, was well aware of the trea« chery of his Armenian ally, but being at that time without the means of punishing it, was obliged to smother his resentment. He subse-
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