258 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
having consulted the Magi, wrote to the Anne» nians, Georgians, and Aluans, desiring them to send him troops to aid him in his war with the Huns. He imagined, that by thus getting the chiefs into a foreign country, he should be able with ease to make them forsake their religion and embrace his, and afterward, it was most probable, they might be induced to continue to practise it in their own country. In order, however, to begin by conciliation, he appointed Vasak the Seunian Prefect of the country, and Vardan the Mamiconian generalissimo of the forces in Armenia.
��CHAPTER II.
��The prefecture of Vasak the Seunian, and the events which occurred amongst the Vardanians.
A. a 442. Vasak the Seunian being appointed prefect, by the concurrence and advice of Vardan and other chiefs, and agreeably to the order of Hazkert, sent to the province of Apar a large body of Armenian troops, accompanied by many priests and chiefs. Having subsequently repaiied thither, he found that the king, together with the Georgians and Aluans, had assembled there. The king was extremely happy at the readiness with
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