After Dacia the army was then to invade Parthia from Armenia.[1][2][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Here the ancient sources diverge. Suetonius states that Caesar wished to proceed cautiously and would not fully engage the Parthian army unless he could first determine their full strength.[3] Although he implies that Caesar's goal was an expansion of the empire, not just its stabilization.[3] Plutarch, however, describes a bolder campaign. As he writes that once Parthia had been subdued, the army would move through the Caucasus, to attack Scythia and return to Italy after conquering Germania.[4] Plutarch also states that the construction of a canal through the isthmus of Corinth, for which Anienus had been placed in charge, was to occur during the campaign.[16][lower-alpha 3]