▁then ▁continues ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁an ▁Armen ian - R oman ▁al liance ▁and ▁their ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁Iran ian - back ed ▁I ber ia ▁in ▁which ▁Ph ar as man es ▁finds ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Re ign ▁ ▁The ▁Georg ian ▁royal ▁ann als ▁describe ▁Ph ar as man es ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁way : ▁ ▁The ▁contemporary ▁Class ical ▁authors , ▁with ▁more ▁solid ▁historical ▁background , ▁focus ▁on ▁Ph ar as man es ’ ▁une asy ▁relations ▁with ▁Rome . ▁He ▁refused ▁in ▁ 1 2 9 ▁to ▁come ▁and ▁pay ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁em peror ▁Had rian . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁A el ius ▁Spart ian us , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁authors ▁of ▁August an ▁History : ▁ ▁Ph ar as man es ▁then ▁went ▁tour ing ▁the ▁East , ▁and ▁prompt ed ▁the ▁Al ans ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁Roman ▁provinces ▁by ▁giving ▁them ▁a ▁passage ▁through ▁his ▁real m , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁em peror ▁had ▁sent ▁him ▁greater ▁g ifts ▁including ▁a ▁war ▁ele ph ant , ▁than ▁to ▁any ▁other ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁East . ▁In ▁his ▁p ique , ▁Had rian ▁dressed ▁some ▁ 3 0 0 ▁crim inals ▁in ▁the ▁gold - emb roid ered ▁clo aks ▁which ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁return ▁gift ▁of ▁Ph ar as man es , ▁and ▁sent ▁them ▁into ▁the ▁ar ena . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Spart ian us : ▁ ▁Event ually , ▁the ▁ancient ▁sources ▁report ▁a ▁highly ▁hon ored