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Interim Oroden sociorum inopem auctus auxilio
Pharasmanes vocare ad pugnam et detrectantem incessere,
adequitare castris, infensare pabula; ac saepe in modum
obsidii stationibus cingebat, donec Parthi contumeliarum
insolentes circumsisterent regem, poscerent proelium. atque
illis sola in equite vis: Pharasmanes et pedite valebat. nam
Hiberi Albanique saltuosos locos incolentes duritiae patientiaeque magis insuevere; feruntque se Thessalis ortos, qua
tempestate Iaso post avectam Medeam genitosque ex ea
liberos inanem mox regiam Aeetae vacuosque Colchos
repetivit. multaque de nomine eius et oraclum Phrixi
celebrant; nec quisquam ariete sacrificaverit, credito vexisse
Phrixum, sive id animal seu navis insigne fuit. ceterum
derecta utrimque acie Parthus imperium Orientis, claritudinem Arsacidarum contraque ignobilem Hiberum mercen-
nario milite disserebat; Pharasmanes integros semet a
Parthico dominatu, quanto maiora peterent, plus decoris
victores aut, si terga darent, flagitii atque periculi laturos;
simul horridam suorum aciem, picta auro Medorum agmina,
hinc viros, inde praedam ostendere.
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