The greatest part of that family was cut off by Artabanus, and the survivors were too young to govern. The Parthians, therefore, desired that Tiberius would send Phraates, son of the king of that name, to mount the throne of his ancestors. That title and the sanction of Rome would be sufficient.. Let a prince of the house of Arsaces, under the pro-tection of Tiberius, show himself on the banks of the Euphrates, and nothing more was necessary: a revolution would be the certain consequence.
Beste jaun batzuk ere eurenganatu zituzten eta, Artsaziden familiako inor ezin zutenez tronuratu, Artabanok gehienak hil zituelako eta gelditzen zirenak oraindik txikiak zirelako, Erromari Fraates eskatzen zioten, Fraates erregearen semea: izen bat eta babeslea bakarrik behar zuten, Zesarren oniritziz, Artsaziden leinua Eufratesen ibarrean ikus zedin.