Note 6 — Chapter IX · THE EUPHRATES FRONTIER AND THE PARTHIANS.
William P. (William Purdie) Dickson translation
A royal cup-bearer, who is at the same time general, is mentioned in Josephus, Arch. xiv. 13, 7 = Bell. Jud. i. 13, 1. Similar court offices are of frequent occurrence in the states of the Diadochi.