They say that many of the
 villages of Bithynia , which is at present a province
 belonging to you, have been burnt; that the kingdom of Ariobarzanes, which borders on those
 districts from which you derive a revenue, is wholly in the power of the enemy; that Lucullus,
 after having performed great exploits, is departing from that war; that it is not enough that
 whoever succeeds him should be prepared for the conduct of so important a war; that one general
 is demanded and required by all men, both allies and citizens, for that war; that he alone is
 feared by the enemy, and that no one else is.