To decide the fate of two upright citizens, Nero chose a juncture favourable to his dark design. Tiridates was on his way to Rome, to receive the diadem of Armenia from the hands of the emperor. He thought it probable, that, in the splendour of that magnificent scene, the horrors of domestic cruelty would be lost;
Kondena-garaitzat, Tiridates Armeniako erreinua hartzera zetorrena hautatu zuten, atzerriko kontuetan zebiltzan esamesek barruko krimena ilunetan gorde zezaten, edo beharbada, handitasun inperiala nabarmentzeko erret balentria bezalako gizon gurenen hilketaz.