The Rise of Volgossi

In the mid to late 150s, Volgossi's began making noise that he was unhappy with the political status quo along the border. The Parthian king led following Antoninus Pius's death and leaves little doubt that the emperor was not just ranting deliriously. It is reported that as he lay dying, Antoninus's final thoughts were consumed by the treachery of various foreign kings who he felt had wronged him over the years. Whether he always intended a military confrontation as unknown, but as I said at the close of last week's episode, the rise of two men without a gladiest to their name seems to have tipped the scales in favor of taking by