Merula accompanied Physcon to Crete and Asia Minor, and, after an ineffectual embassy to the elder brother at Alexandria, he induced the senate, on his return to Rome, to cancel the existing treaty with Philometor.
Merula accompanied Physcon on trips to Crete and Asia Minor. After an unsuccessful mission to the elder brother in Alexandria, he managed to have the Roman Senate cancel the previous agreement with Philometor when he returned to Rome.