Foreign hostages in ancient Rome

Polybius (; , ; ) was an ancient Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his Histories, a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covers the period 264–146, recording in detail events in Italy, Iberia, Greece, Macedonia, Syria, Egypt and Africa, and documents the Punic Wars and Macedonian Wars among many others.

king of the Seleucid Empire (175–164 BC)

Ruler of Seleucid Empire from 162 to 150 BC