There is nothing of which barbarians are so ignorant as military
engines and the skilful management of sieges, while that is a branch of
military science which we especially understand. And so Rhadamistus having
attempted the fortified walls in vain or with loss, began a blockade, and,
finding that his assaults were despised, tried to bribe the rapacity of
the camp-prefect. Casperius protested earnestly against the overthrow of
an allied king and of Armenia, the gift of the Roman |