Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "L" to "Lamellibranchia"

part in the war against Perseus, king of Macedonia (Livy xliii. 17, 22).

When Antiochus Epiphanes, king of Syria, invaded Egypt, Laenas was sent to arrest his progress. Meeting him near Alexandria, he handed him the decree of the senate, demanding the evacuation of Egypt. Antiochus having asked time for consideration, Laenas drew a circle round him with his staff, and told him he mu...