CAEC1344 M. Caecilius (50) Denter

Career

  • Legatus (Ambassador) 173 Macedonia, Aegyptus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to King Perseus to observe conditions in Macedonia, and to Alexandria to renew Roman friendship with King Ptolemy (Liv. 42.6.4-5). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 47, no. 36. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Leg., amb. 173, no. c (MRR 1.409). Valerius and the other members of this embassy were sent to other cities and states as well, Pergamum, Syria, cities in Asia and perhaps in Cappadocia and Bithynia too: cf. in 172, Liv. 42.17.1 and 26.7-9 (MRR 1.414; see Meloni, Perseo 149, 163, 165, notes 2 and 3, and 166; Walbank, Comm. Polyb. 3.289). (Broughton MRR III)