In 171 BC, he was one of the ambassadors sent to Masinissa and the Carthaginians in order to raise troops for the war against Perseus of Macedon. In 169 BC, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the censorship. He served under Lucius Aemilius Paullus in Macedonia in 168 BC, and commanded the second legion in the battle with Perseus. During the war, he was sent to plunder the town of Aeniae.