Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Alexander ya bayyana ya tashi a cikin sahu - ko da yake ba a san cikakkun bayanai ba, har sai, tare da mulkin Nero, ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in ma'aikaci a karkashin babban janar Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo a lokacin yakin
a kan Parthia, a karkashin wanda ya bambanta kansa. A cikin 63 an tura shi tare da surukin Corbulo don rakiyar Sarkin Armeniya Tiridates, wanda shi da kansa ya fara tattaunawa, zuwa sansanin Roman, a mataki na farko na tafiyarsa don karɓar matsayin sarki abokin ciniki daga Nero.