118 HISTORT OF ARMENIA.
for their expulsion. He wrote for levies froitf Judea to Herod, Agrippa, and the other chiefs of that country; also from Assyria and Cilicia^ to assist his troops in their intended expedition^ to Upper Armenia. The general appointed to command this vast army was Domitius Corbulo^ Quadratus governor of Assyria being nominatedf A.D.56. his lieutenant. Corbulo, having assumed the command, advanced to the frontiers of Armenia, when hearing that Tirithus had collected a large force to oppose him, he paused awhile, beings apprehensive that Darius the Persian king, would take up arms in defence of his relation.. To this monarch the Roman general sent pro* posals of peace; the principal of which was that he should consent to the expulsion of his brother Tirithus from Armenia. Darius ap- peared to desire no better, but in reality had no thoughts of complying with the demands of the Roman. He therefore amused the ambassadors of Corbulo with promises, and thus spun out the negotiation for more than a year, by which the Roman army was much distressed, froih the uncongenial nature of the climate to which they were exposed. A.D.58. In the spring of the ensuing year Corbulo entered the country and committed great ravages. He captured three fortresses in Vanand, and slaughtered the population with the most
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