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 journeyed alongside Physcon to Crete and Asia Minor. Following a failed attempt at diplomacy with the elder brother in Alexandria, Merula succeeded in having the Roman Senate terminate the existing treaty with Philometor upon his return to Rome.