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Rh the command of Valerius Lollianus, prefect of the Cohors I Apamenorum sagittariorum equitata.

Early in 114 Trajan advanced to Melitene, which he fortified and enlarged. Parthamasiris wrote Trajan a letter couched in a lofty style, but without result. Another, in more humble terms, requested that Marcus Junius, governor of Cappadocia, be sent to him. Trajan did not halt in his advance but sent the son of Junius, then proceeded on to Arsamosata, which he took without a struggle. When he arrived at Satala he was visited by a number of rulers from the Caucasus and the region about the Caspian Sea.