Parthian — Minor Figures

3 figures from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Vonones

king of the Parthians · first appears Tiberius 49

• Tiberius 49 · enemies with Tiberius “And Vonones, king of the Parthians, who had been driven out of his dominions by his own subjects, and fled to Antioch with a vast treasure, claiming the protection of the Roman people, his allies, was treacherously robbed of all his money, and afterwards murdered.”

Vologesus

king of the Parthians · first appears Domitian 2

• Domitian 2 · servant: Domitian “when Vologesus, king of the Parthians, desired succours against the Alani, with one of Vespasian’s sons to command them, he laboured hard to procure for himself that appointment.”

Volugesus

king of the Parthians · first appears Vespasian 6

• Vespasian 6 · protégé: Vespasian “and, among the allied kings, Volugesus, king of the Parthians, offered him a reinforcement of forty thousand archers”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.