About this time, just at the beginning of summer, the ten commissioners and king Eumenes arrived by sea at Ephesus;Summer, B.C. 188. The ten Roman commissioners arrive in Asia. See ch. 24. and, after giving themselves two days to recover from the voyage, proceeded up the country to Apameia. When their arrival was known to Cnaeus Manlius, he sent his brother Lucius with four thousand men to Oroanda (in Pisidia), as a forcible hint that they must pay the money owing, in accordance with the terms agreed on; while he himself marched his army at full speed to meet Eumenes and the commissioners. On his arrival he found the king and the ten commissioners, and immediately held a consultation with them on the measures to be taken. The first resolution come to was to confirm the sworn agreement and treaty with Antiochus, about which I need say no more, beyond giving the actual text of the treaty, which was as follows:—
[45.] “There shall be perpetual peace between Antiochus and the Romans if he fulfils the provisions ofText of the treaty between Antiochus and Rome. the treaty.
“Neither Antiochus nor any subject to him shall allow any to pass through their territories to attack the Romans or their allies, nor supply them with aught. Neither shall the Romans or their allies do the like for those attacking Antiochus or those subject to him.
“Antiochus shall not wage war upon the Islanders or the dwellers in Europe.
“He shall evacuate all cities and territory (this side Taurus[113]). His soldiers shall take nothing out with them except the arms they are carrying. If they chance to have taken anything away they shall restore it to the same cities.
“He shall receive neither soldiers nor other men from the territory of king Eumenes.
“If there be any men in the army of Antiochus coming from any of the cities taken over by the Romans, he shall deliver them up at Apameia.
“If there be any from the kingdom of Antiochus with the Romans or their allies, they may remain or depart as they choose.
“Antiochus and those subject to him shall give back the slaves, captives, and deserters of the Romans or their allies and any captive received from any quarter. Antiochus shall give up, if it be within his power so to do, Hannibal, son of Hamilcar, the Carthaginian, Mnesilochus the Acarnanian, Thoas the Aetolian, Euboulidas and Philo the Chalcidians, and such of the Aetolians as have held national offices.