c. 32.
To me have betaken themselves as suppliants the kings of the Parthians, Tiridates, and later, Phraates, the son of king Phraates;142 of the Medes, Artavasdes;143 of the Adiabeni, Artaxares;144 of the Britons, Dumnobellaunus and Tim_____;145 of the Sicambri, Maelo;146 and of the Marcomanian Suevi, __________rus.147 Phraates, king of the Parthians, son of Orodes, sent all his children and grandchildren into Italy to me, not because he had been conquered in war, but rather seeking our friendship by means of his children as pledges.148 Since I have been princeps very many other races have made proof of the good faith of the Roman people, who never before had had any interchange of embassies and friendship with the Roman people.