ɪn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ bˌiːsˈiː, wˌɛn fˈɪlɪp wʌz pɹɪpˈɛɹɪŋ fɚɹə nˈuː wˈɔːɹ wɪððə ɹˈoʊmənz, ɐpˈɪəs wʌz sˈɛnt æt ðə hˈɛd əvən ˈɛmbəsi ˌɪntʊ mˈæsɪdən ænd ɡɹˈiːs, tʊ əbzˈɜːv hɪz mˈuːvmənts ænd ɹˈɛst fɹʌm hɪz ɡɹˈæsp ðoʊz sˈɪɾiz ʌvwˈɪtʃ hiː hæd mˌeɪd hɪmsˈɛlf mˈæstɚ.
In 184 BC, when Philip was preparing for a new war with the Romans, Appius was sent at the head of an embassy into Macedon and Greece, to observe his movements and wrest from his grasp those cities of which he had made himself master.