Heracleides at the height of summer came to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> bringing Laodice and Alexander.<note place="end" resp="tr" id="note2">Alexander Balas, a pretended son of Antiochus Epiphanes.</note>
He made a long stay there, trying by means of jugglery and base intrigue to work upon the senate.
Astymedes of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, who held the two posts of admiral and envoy, came at once on his arrival before the senate and spoke about their war with the Cretans.
The senate after listening to him with attention instantly sent a commission under Quintus to put an end to the war.
Walbank Commentary