He accordingly enlisted the maritime tribes of Pontus in Vitellius' service, attracting all the neediest ruffians with promises of plunder. At the head of no mean force he suddenly fell upon Trapezus, an ancient and famous city, founded by Greek settlers on the frontier of the Pontic kingdom.
Hala, Ponton bizi diren herriei Vitelioren izenean deiturik, behartsuenak harrapaki itxaropenez ustelarazirik, indar ez arbuiagarriaren buru, Trapezunteri esesten dio bat-batean, antzinatik hiri ospetsua bera, Pontoko itsasertzaren muturrean grekoek sortua.