In 102 he travelled to Alexandria and elsewhere. Arriving again at Rome on an embassy of thanks about 98-99 he became a firm friend of emperor Trajan. In 97 he spoke publicly to Greeks assembled at Olympia, was welcomed at Rome by emperor Nerva (96-98), and returned to Prusa. Strongly critical of the emperor Domitian (81-96) he was about 82 banned by him from Italy and Bithynia and wandered in poverty, especially in lands north of the Aegean, as far as the Danube and the primitive Getae. But in the course of his travels he went to Rome in Vespasian's reign (69-79) and was converted to Stoicism. He became a skilled rhetorician hostile to philosophers. 120 CE, of Prusa in Bithynia, Asia Minor, inherited with his brothers large properties and debts from his generous father Pasicrates. Strongly critical of the emperor Domitian (81-96) he was about 82 banned by him from Italy and Bithynia and wandered in poverty, especially.
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