Take care lest, as it was a most glorious
 thing for them, to leave you such wide renown and such a powerful empire, it should be a most
 discreditable thing for you, not to be able to defend and preserve that which you have received.
 What more shall I say? Shall I say, that the safety of our allies is involved in the greatest
 hazard and danger? King Ariobarzanes has been driven from his kingdom, an ally and friend of the
 Roman people; two kings are threatening all Asia , who
 are not only most hostile to you, but also to your friends and allies. And every city throughout
 all Asia, and throughout all Greece , is compelled by
 the magnitude of the danger to put its whole trust in the expectation of your assistance. They
 do not dare to beg of you any particular general, especially since you have sent them another,
 nor do they think that they can do this without extreme danger.