. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. asely renouncing their glory,give back to him the standards and the captives that they hadtaken in war. By its effect upon mens minds this success was worth morethan a victory ; Augustustestified his gratitude toPhraates by rich there was perfidyhidden among these Emperor sent him abeautiful Italian, Thermusaby name, who gained suchinfluence over the barbaric king that after having supplanted allher rivals and caused herself to be declared queeu,^ she persuadedPhraates to intru
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. asely renouncing their glory,give back to him the standards and the captives that they hadtaken in war. By its effect upon mens minds this success was worth morethan a victory ; Augustustestified his gratitude toPhraates by rich there was perfidyhidden among these Emperor sent him abeautiful Italian, Thermusaby name, who gained suchinfluence over the barbaric king that after having supplanted allher rivals and caused herself to be declared queeu,^ she persuadedPhraates to intrust all his children to Augustus. From thattime forward Rome was in a position to respond to an invasionof the Parthians by plunging their kingdom into civil war. Thesuccessors of Augustus found the procedure wise, and often sentto the princes of the East • ^presents of gold and silver vases ofrich workmanship, costly stuffs, fine wines, but chiefly fair slave-girls. The frontier of the Euphrates was therefore made secure bythe four legions encamped in Syria ^ and the subject states along. PHRAATES AND 1 BA2IAEQ2 BASIAEfiN. Bust nf King Phraates. . MOY2H2 eEA2. . Bust ofQueen Musa, or Thermusa, coiffed with the tiara. Silver coin. [The right of coining gold didnot belong to the client states. The Parthian Empire was not among these ; but in the interestsof its traders, whose gold was refused by the Romans, it only coined silver. — Ed.] ^ Josephus, Ant. Jud. xviii. 3. Medals exist upon which is represented Thermusa asqueen and goddess. * Tac, Ann. iv. 5. There was also a garrison at the passes between Syria and Cilicia. 236 AUGUSTUS, OR THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE. the river-banks, by that Tigranes whom Tiberius had crowned inArmenia, and most of all by the Italian woman who reignedin Ctesiphon for the advantage of Rome, and strove to secureto her son Phraataces the affection and the crown of the old Rome public opinion was expecting even more : men talked
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