 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Gare gare, muna 185 BC, Caecilius Metellus akatumwa semumiriri pamwe naMarcus Baebius Tamphilus naTiberius Sempronius Gracchus kuDare raPhilip V weMasedhonia, kuti vaongorore mhosva dzakasiyana siyana dzakapomerwa mambo weMasedhonia nevamwe vaThessalians nevaEpirotes, pamwe naEumenes II wePergamum, zvichitevera kukunda kweRoma muHondo yeSeleucid. Ikoko, Caecilius Metellus akarayira kuti Firipi abvise maguta aiva pasi pake muThessaly nePerrhaebia. Pavakanga vachidzoka vachibva kuMakedhoniya, Caecilius Metellus nevamwe vamiririri vakanga vachipfuura nomuguta reArgos, panguva iyoyo raiva pasi pesangano reAchaea, uko vakasangana nevatongi veboka iroro. Caecilius Metellus akavaregerera nokuda kwekubata kwavo kwakashata kwevaSpartan, vachitaura nezvekutarisira kwakashata kweguta-nyika iyoyo mushure mekukundwa kwayo mumaoko eLaconian Hondo ya195 BC, iyo yaisanganisira kuparadzwa kwemasvingo avo, kubviswa kwevanhu sevaranda muAchaia, uye kubviswa kwemitemo yaLycurgus, iyo kusvikira zuva iroro kugadzikana kweHurumende yavo kwakanga kwasara. Nhume dzacho dzakakumbira kuti ungano yavanhu veAchaea ishevedzwe kuti vataure nadzo kuti dzikurukure zvichemo izvi, asi dzakaregeredzwa. 