Gell. 4.14.2-6 from Ateius Capito; see 149, Legates, and note 5. (Broughton MRR I)
Legatus (Ambassador)
149
Bithynia
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Curule Aedile before 149 B. C. (see 151, Aediles) since the incident reported in Gellius (4.14.1-6), though it might refer to the Consul of 170 (Niccolini, FTP 404f.), probably refers to this man and explains the wound on his head. (Broughton MRR I)
Sent to check Nicomedes, the son and rival of Prusias II of Bithynia, and to prevent Attalus II from going to war with Bithynia, but returned without a decision, on the ground that the Senate had not yet heard the Bithynian complaints regarding Prusias. They were the subjects of Cato's jest regarding the embassy without feet, head or heart (Polyb. 36.14.1-6; Diod. 32.30; Liv. Per. 50, and Oxy. Per. 50; Plut. Cat. Mai. 9.1; App. Mith. 6). (Broughton MRR I)