 He was supported by some other distinguished Achaeans, and they magnanimously refused accepting the money.At this congress Roman ambassadors also had been present, and after their return, Spartan and Achaean ambassadors went to Rome in 185.Among the latter was Apollonides, who endeavored to explain to the Roman senate the real state of affairs at Sparta, against the Spartan ambassadors, and to vindicate the conduct of Philopoemen and the Achaeans against the charges of the Spartans.