Embassy from Philip
At the same period the Senate dealt with the ambassadors
from Philip. They had come to set forth the loyalty and zeal
of the king, which he had shown to the Romans in the war
against Antiochus. On hearing what the envoys had to say,
the Senate released the king's son Demetrius from his position
as hostage at once, and promised that they would also remit
part of the yearly indemnity, if he kept faith with Rome in
future. The Senate likewise released the Lacedaemonian
hostages, except Armenas, son of Nabis; who subsequently
fell ill and died. . . .
