^as then in the province of Khorasan, to acquaint idm with the appointment of Pap to the crown of Armenia by the emperor Theodosius, and of the arrival in that country of the Grecian force which the latter had sent with the young prince to secure the throne. Shortly after, he again wrote to the Persian king, informing him that •the Grecian general had entirely expelled the Persians from Armenia. On the receipt of this •last communication, Shapuh became exceed- ingly angry, and dispatched a messenger to -his son Artashir, directing him to assemble, without delay, the whole force of Persia, to- gether with troops from the Ghees, Aluans, and all the other nations that acknowledged his sway. These were all placed under the com- mand of Merujan, whom the Persian monarch ordered to advance with the greatest expedi- tion, and give battle to the Greek and Arme- nian forces. When Pap and Terentius heard this» they applied to the emperor for more troops. Theodosius immediately issued orders to Ad- deus, one of his principal officers, to collect all the power of Greece, with the variops engines of war then in use, and march to the assistance of Pap. Thi^ was quickly done, and a junction being formed between Terentius and Addeus, the whole body marched to the neighbourhood of Mount Nepat, and encamped on an extensive plain. The Persians advanced to this place^ and
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