Editing Gaius Caesar (section)

====Consulship====
[[File:Camposanto, iscrizioni lato sud, 02 i decreti di Iulia Pisana per le onoranze funebri dei figli adottivi di Augusto Caio e Lucio Cesari, nel 2 e 4 d.C. 02.JPG|thumb|Latin inscription from the cenotaph to Gaius and Lucius Caesar in [[Pisa]] ({{CIL|11|1421}})]]
The next year, on 1 January, he entered the consulship ''[[Election in absentia|in absentia]]'' with his brother-in-law, [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul AD 1)|Lucius Aemilius Paullus]], in accordance with the decision of 6{{nbsp}}BC which named him consul designate.<ref name=Pettinger235/> Gaius, who was twenty, had reached Asia, and was probably at [[Antioch]] at the time his consulship commenced, where he was organizing an army for the invasion of Armenia and opening negotiations with Phraates in the hopes of securing an agreement. The Emperor did not desire an open war, and the king of Parthia seemed open to peace. Negotiations were probably hastened by the presence of Gaius' army in Syria, which threatened Parthia. From every corner, the young consul was visited by envoys offering requests and paying homage. This year, monuments were raised to him and to his brother as the son of [[Ares]] or as Ares himself.<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrero|1909|p=276}}</ref>

His inexperience meant he was forced to rely on his companions, namely the unruly Lollius, who had taken advantage of the powers he held, and was reportedly holding towns, individuals, and even sovereign princes for ransom. After Gaius opened negotiations with Phraates, Lollius offered the Parthian king certain concessions in return for money.<ref name=Ferrero276-7>{{harvnb|Ferrero|1909|pp=276–277}}</ref>

Preparations for the war continued into the spring and summer of 1{{nbsp}}AD, at which point there had been a successful breakthrough in negotiations. As Phraates was not willing to go to war, he agreed to evacuate Armenia and abandon his brothers who were still in Roman captivity.<ref name=Dio10/><ref>{{harvnb|Ferrero|1909|pp=277–278}}</ref> In the second half of the year,<ref>{{CIL|11|1421}}</ref> Gaius had advanced with his army to the Parthian frontier to an unknown spot and brought Phraates to a final agreement on the proposals, in which he renounced all claims to Armenia and all power over his half-brothers.<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrero|1909|p=284}}</ref>

It was about this time that Augustus passed through Judea and commended Gaius for not offering prayers at Jerusalem, as it would have been provocative to the Jews living there.<ref>Suetonius, ''The Lives of the Twelve Caesars'', Life of Augustus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/suetonius/12caesars/Augustus*.html#93 93]</ref>