In the consulship of Caius Cestius and Marcus Servilius, some Parthian
nobles came to Rome without the knowledge of their king Artabanus. Dread
of Germanicus had made that prince faithful to the Romans and just to his
people, but he subsequently changed this behaviour for insolence towards
us and tyranny to his subjects. He was elated by the wars which he had
successfully waged against the surrounding nations, while he disdained
the aged and, as he thought, unwarlike Tiberius, |