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.