He then pursued the route opened up in former days by Lucius Lucullus,
clearing away the obstructions of long years. Envoys who came to him from
Tiridates and Vologeses about peace, he did not repulse, but sent back
with them some centurions with a message anything but harsh. "Matters,"
he said, "have not yet gone so far as to require the extremity of war.
Many successes have fallen to the lot of Rome, some to that of Parthia,
as a warning against pride. Therefore, it is to the |