(), king of Gordyene, made overtures to Appius
Claudius, when the latter was staying at Antiocheia, wishing to shake off the yoke of
Tigranes. He was informed against, however, and was assassinated with his wife and children
before the Romans entered Armenia. When Lucullus arrived he celebrated his funeral rites with
great pomp, setting fire to the funeral pile with his own hand, and had a sumptuous monument
erected to him. (Plut. Lucull. 21, 2.9).