Athenaeus states that the expulsion occurred during the consulship of Lucius Postumius.
[2] Aelian states that they were expelled "because they had introduced the younger generation to many unnatural pleasures.
"[3] This may just be a hostile remark which originated from an anti-Epicurean source, but it is also possible that this was the charge laid against them.
[5] In 155 BC, a celebrated embassy of philosophers, consisting of Carneades (Academic), Diogenes (Stoic) and Critolaus (Peripatetic), had been sent from Athens to Rome where their teachings caused a sensation, and they were forced to leave.
[2] If Alcaeus and Philiscus were expelled from the city in 154 BC, then it would have been just one year after this event.