The country was made a Roman province, with a Roman magistrate at its head.
At this time the Achaeans were quarrelling with Sparta.

Metellus warned them to desist, and when the Achaeans advanced against him, he easily defeated them near SCARPHEIA.
Metellus was a moderate reformer and a model man.

He belonged to an illustrious plebeian _gens_, the Caecilian.

Before his death in 115 three of his sons had been consuls, one censor, and the fourth was a candidate for the consulship.
Metellus was succeeded in Greece by LUCIUS MUMMIUS, a cruel and harsh leader.

The remnant of the Achaean army had taken refuge in CORINTH.
The Senate directed Mummius to attack the city.