55. Moses of Chorene, Hist. Armen. 1. ii. c. 74. The statues
had been erected by Valarsaces, who reigned in Armenia about
130 years before Christ, and was the first king of the
family of Arsaces (see Moses, Hist. Armen. 1. ii. 2, 3). The
deification of the Arsacides is mentioned by Justin (xli. 5)
and by Ammianus Marcellinus (xxiii. 6).