Pacorus

And for once King Orodes had a loaded set of dice to throw; with Pacorus came Quintus Labienus, who gave himself the nickname of Parthicus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Pacorus now believes this, and will ignore Zeugma, travel on the east bank all the way north to Samosata.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

However, it has come to my ears that Antiochus of Commagene concluded a treaty with Pacorus that yielded Commagene to Parthian overrule.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

In Tarsus, Ventidius discovered that Pacorus had not been present at the battle, perhaps one reason why it had been so easy to work the Parthians into a furore.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

So when Pacorus and Labienus led their army into Syria at the beginning of February in the year of the consulship of Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus and Gnaeus Asinius Pollio, its Parthian content consisted solely of cataphracts.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

While Labienus and his mercenaries drove west across the Amanus into Cilicia Pedia, Pacorus and the cataphracts turned south for Syria.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

With no hope of getting his rearguard through the confusion in front of them and no way to find the Roman flank, Pacorus watched in horror as the legionaries drew ever closer to his own position atop a small mound.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Pacorus had not been at the battle of Amanus either; rumor had it that he had gone home to Seleuceia-on-Tigris months ago, taking Hyrcanus of the Jews with him.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

The strongest of his sons was Pacorus, therefore to Pacorus must this war be given.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

No one had told him that Pacorus had pinned his success upon cataphracts, warriors in chain mail from head to foot mounted on big horses in chain mail from head to knees.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007