▁Met ell us ▁and ▁grand son ▁of ▁Lu cius ▁Ca ec il ius ▁Met ell us . ▁ ▁A ▁brilliant ▁general , ▁he ▁fought ▁in ▁the ▁Third ▁Mac ed onian ▁War ▁and ▁played ▁a ▁p iv otal ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁Four th . ▁Under ▁his ▁leadership ▁in ▁ 1 4 8 ▁BC ▁when ▁still ▁a ▁Pra et or ▁the ▁Roman ▁troops ▁twice ▁defeated ▁And ris cus , ▁a ▁self - proc laimed ▁pret ender ▁to ▁the ▁Mac ed onian ▁throne ▁who ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁son ▁of ▁Per se us , ▁last ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁Ant ig on id ▁dynast y . ▁And ris cus ▁had ▁ris en ▁against ▁Rome ▁int ending ▁to ▁liber ate ▁Mac ed onia ▁with ▁an ▁army ▁rec ru ited ▁from ▁Th race . ▁Under ▁Met ell us ' ▁authority ▁Mac ed onia ▁was ▁reduced ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁Roman ▁province . ▁For ▁that ▁he ▁won ▁his ▁ag n omen ▁and ▁since ▁then ▁introduced ▁the ▁C ly pe us ▁Mac ed onic cus ▁in ▁his ▁family ' s ▁med als . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 4 6 ▁BC , ▁he ▁defeated ▁Crit ola os ▁of ▁Meg al opol is ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Sc arp he ia ▁and ▁the ▁Arc ad ians ▁at ▁Cha er one a ▁but ▁Met ell us ▁was ▁then ▁sent ▁to ▁fight ▁in ▁the ▁Ach ae an ▁War ▁to ▁a ven ge ▁an ▁ins ult ▁offered ▁to ▁a ▁Roman ▁Emb ass y ▁at ▁Cor inth . ▁He ▁fought ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Cons ul ▁Lu cius ▁M