But the Armenians were not now inclined to submit to foreign dictation; they rose in revolt against Artavasdes (ab.

B.C.

2), defeated his Roman supporters, and expelled him from the kingdom.

Another Tigranes was made king; and, as it was pretty certain that the Romans would interfere with this new display of the spirit of independence, the Parthians were called in to resist the Roman oppressors.

Armenia, was, in fact, too weak to stand alone, and was obliged to lean upon one or other of the two great empires upon her borders.