In 168 BC he was elected praetor, which means
that it is very likely that he held a number of
lesser offices before this year, including quaestor
and Plebian/Curile Aedile, but I have found no
details
in this regard. Anyway, as praetor, he served as
legate under Paulus Aemilius in the Third Macedonian
War. He distinguished himself by taking Scodra and
capturing King Gentius, thereby subduing Illyria. He
was honored for this feat by being allowed a triumph
through Rome, where he was noted for causing a minor
scandal by including boxers, dancers, and flute
players in his triumph, something of a faux pas as
most Romans considered such scenes to be a form of
Greek decadence.
In 160 BC, he was elected to the highest office
in Republican Rome, that of Consul. As of yet, I've
learned nothing about his consulship, however his
public career did not end there. In 154 BC he served
as an envoy to Asia Minor where he was charged with
bringing Prusia's war against Attalus to an end.
Whether he
was successful or not still eludes me.
