ANCIENT ROME "C. Popillio imposes Ambassador to the King of Syria not Sorting by the club without giving a firm response to the Roman Senate." Gaius Popilio Lenate; Roman politician; twice consul in 172 and in 158 BC he was sent in 169 BC as ambassador to Egypt; where he successfully treated with the king of Siria Antioco Epifane (215 BC - 164 BC); known as Mithridates up to the throne and called in modern historiography Antiochus IV; stopping the invasion. Table illustrated n. 23 from "Roman History" by Charles Rollin (January 30; 1661 - September 14 1741); "engraved in branches of invention from light Sig. Bartolomeo Pinelli Romano and etched by Mr Raffaele Persichini". Rome; 1833