Original sentence: According to Livy, Attalus received the delegation warmly, and  "handed over to them the sacred stone which the natives declared to be "the Mother of the Gods," and bade them carry it to Rome''.In 205 BC, after the "Peace of Phoenice", Rome turned to Attalus, as its only friend in Asia, for help concerning a religious matter
Edited sentence: According to Livy, Attalus received the delegation warmly, and  handed over to them the sacred stone which the natives declared to be "the Mother of the Gods," and bade them carry it to Rome.In 205 BC, following the "Peace of Phoenice", Rome turned to Attalus, as its only friend in Asia, for help concerning a religious matter