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 wounds they gave being dreadful, from the difficulty of extracting them from the body. And as they were extremely expert in the shooting of these weapons, scarcely one missed its object. The Roman lancers, unused to «ach enemies, fled in disorder. During the war between Tigranes and the Romans, Mazdat, the viceroy of Seleucia, rebelled against his benefactor, and caused Antiochus the 10th to ascend the throne of that kingdom, after it had been under the rule of Tigranes 14 years.

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resentment against the Romans m consequence of his late defeat, appointed Mithridates to command an army against them. He continued fighting with various success.*

Tigranes once more made an incursion into Cappadocia with a powerful army : LucuUus, who was to oppose him, having marshalled his troops, found that fear prevailed amongst them, ef which he himself was not entirely divested, and when he attempted to lead them to attack Tigranes, numbers of them deserted, and those who remained firm were too few to effect any thing. Cappadocia consequently fell into the hands of Tigranes, who restored it to Mithridates. From that period the latter began to recover the whole of


 * See Hist. B. 11, c. 8.

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