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And thus was Artahanus restored to his kingdom again by the means
of Izates, when he had lost it by the means of the grandees of the kingdom.
Nor was he unmindful of the benefits he had conferred upon him, but rewarded
him with such honors as were of the greatest esteem among them; for he
gave him leave to wear his tiara upright, 1
and to sleep upon a golden bed, which are privileges and marks of honor
peculiar to the kings of Parthia. He also cut off a large and fruitful
country from the king of Armenia, and bestowed it upon him. The name of
the country is Nisibis, wherein the Macedonians had formerly built that
city which they called Antioch of Mygodonla. And these were the honors
that were paid Izates by the king of the Parthians.
1 This privilege of wearing the tiara upright, or with the tip of the cone erect, is known to have been of old peculiar to great kings, from Xenophon and others, as Dr. Hudson observes here.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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