VONONES I., the son of Phraates IV., was not more liked by his
subjects than his two immediate predecessors. His long residence at Rome had rendered him more
a Roman than a Parthian, and his foreign habits and manners produced general dislike among his
subjects. They therefore invited Artabanus, king of Media, who also belonged to the family of
the Arsacidae, to take possession of the kingdom. Artabanus was at first defeated, but
afterwards drove Vonones out of Parthia, who then took refuge in Armenia, of which he was
chosen king. But, threatened by Artabanus, he soon fled into Syria, in which province the
Roman governor, Creticus Silanus, allowed him to reside with the title of king. (l.c. ;