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aOiance were drawn up betweeathe two n^jtioiuk yfh^n the Greek generqJs m Armenia perceived tl^e intention of Yarazdtit they immediately gav/e notice of it to the emperor. The latter., thereupon* directed them to summon YarazdM to proceed immediately to Constantinoplet and in the event of his refusa}, tq bind him and bring him in chains to thftt cifty« When they communicated to Varazdat the orders they had received* he durst not refuse complying witb them* not having yet received any assistance from the Persians. He» therefore, set out for Constantinople, determined stoutly to deny any of the designs attributed to him. Cut, on hie arrival in that city, the emperor would not even deign to grant him an interview, but treated him as a rebel, puttmg him in chains, and ba* nisbing hiip to the isle of Thule* in the northern ocew. He reigned about two* or according to some* four years. The emperor* Theodosius the a. d. sss. Great* observing, by a perusal pf their histjQry* that the Armenian kings were ever rebellious fia their affairs becameflourishing^ detennined to ap: point two to reign over that country at the S9me time* so that if one revolted* the other might be made use of to bring the refractory again to sub^ sons of Pap* Arsaces and Yalarsaces* who werp hostages at Constantinople* and still in their

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