Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 37
William A. McDevitte, Sen. Class. Mod. Ex. Schol. A.B.T.C.D., Ed.

25. Now first of all the intelligence of the victory, and subsequently the arrival of the [2??] Rhodians, caused great joy to the Romans, and it appeared to them that if that anxiety was taken away from the Rhodians, they would when at leisure render the seas of that country safe. But the march of Antiochus from Sardis did not allow them to quit the guard of Ionia and Aeolia, lest the maritime cities should be crushed by his arms. [3] However, they sent Pamphilidas, with four decked ships, to join the fleet which was at Patara. [4] Antiochus not only collected aids from the states that lay around, but also sent to Prusias, king of Bithynia, ambassadors and letters, in which he inveighed against the pressing of the Romans into Asia. [5] “They were coming,” he said, “to abolish all kingly governments; so that there should be no empire in any part of the world, save that of Rome. [6] Philip and Nabis were subdued: he was the third object of attack. Thus the conflagration would spread, without interruption, from one to another, as each lay nearest to the one last ruined, until it enveloped them all. [7] From him there was but one step to Bithynia, now that Eumenes had submitted to voluntary servitude.” [8] Though Prusias was greatly affected by these observations, his mind was relieved from all such doubts by a letter from Scipio, the consul, and still more so by one from his brother Africanus, who, besides urging the invariable practice of the Roman people of augmenting, by every honourable addition, the grandeur of kings in alliance with them, by instances taken from his own family, induced Prusias to earn their friendship. [9] “The petty chieftains in Spain,” he said, “who had been received into alliance, he had left kings. Masinissa he had not only re-established in his father's kingdom, but had put him in possession of that of Syphax, by whom he had been formerly dethroned: [10] so that he was, at the present, not only by far the most powerful of all the kings in Africa, but equal, both in dignity and strength, to any monarch in any part of the world. [11] Philip and Nabis, avowed enemies, were conquered in war by Titus Quintius; nevertheless, they were left in possession of their kingdoms. [12] Philip even had the tribute remitted to him last year, and his son, who was a [p. 1682]hostage, restored. Through the indulgence of the Roman commanders, he had also got possession of several states beyond the boundaries of Macedonia. As to Nabis, he might have remained in the same honourable rank, had not first his own madness, and afterwards the treachery of the Aetolians, brought him to ruin.” [13] The king's resolution was especially confirmed after that Caius Livius, who had commanded the fleet as praetor, came to him as ambassador from Rome, and informed him how much better hope the Romans had of success than Antiochus; [14] and how much more sacred and lasting an alliance with them would be.