Tiberius Caesar, who meanwhile had come to reign, did not order an immediate invasion (of armenia), and for the moment the anti-Roman party in Armenia was victorious; but it was not his intention to abandon the important border-land. ON the contrary, the Annexation, probably long resolved on, of the Kingdom of Cappadocia was carried out in the year 17 (A. D.); the old Archelaus, who had occupied the throne there from the year 36 (B. C.), was summoned to Rome and was there informed that he had ceased to reign.

On Tiberius' ascension and some of its' consequences for the Eastern portion Roman Empire. - The Provinces of the Roman Empire, From Caesar to Diocletian 1854-6