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Issa Complains of Raids by the Dalmations
The people of Issa having often sent embassies to
Piracies of the Dalmatians on the island of Issa, B. C. 158.
Rome, complaining that the Dalmatians damaged
their territory and the cities subject to them,—
meaning thereby Epetium and Tragyrium,—and
the Daorsi also bringing similar complaints, the
Senate sent a commission under Gaius Fannius to inspect
the state of Illyria, with special reference to the Dalmatians.
This people had been subject to Pleuratus as long as he was
alive; but when he died, and was succeeded on the throne
by Genthius, they revolted, overran the bordering territories,
and reduced the neighbouring cities, some of which even paid
them a tribute of cattle and corn. So Fannius and his colleague started on their mission. .
Ariarathes Arrives in Rome
King Ariarathes arrived in Rome in the course of the
B. C. 157. Coss. Sext. Julius Caesar, L. Aurelius Orestes.
summer.Ariarathes arrived in the summer of B.C. 158. And when Sextus Julius Caesar and
his colleague had entered on their consulship,
the king visited them privately, presenting in his
personal appearance a striking picture of the
dangers with which he was surrounded.
Ambassadors also arrived from Demetrius, headed by
Miltiades, prepared to act in two capacities—to defend the
conduct of Demetrius in regard to Ariarathes, and to accuse
that king with the utmost bitterness. Orophernes also had
sent Timotheus and Diogenes to represent him, conveying a
crown for Rome, and charged to renew the friendship and
alliance of Cappadocia with the Romans; but, above all, to
confront Ariarathes, and both to answer his accusations and
bring their own against him. In these private interviews
Diogenes and Miltiades and their colleagues made a better
show, because