The stone altar in the bouleuterion was dedicated by Charops, the son of Machatas. He was a well-principled man from Thesprotia, who also happened to be a friend of the Romans. In 198 BCE they were engaged in a war with Philip V of Macedon, but their legions were impeded by the strong defensive position of the Macedonians on the banks of the river Aoös in northwestern Greece. Charops showed the Roman general Titus Flamininus a route that enabled him to circumvent King Philip’s positions. Six years later, Charops was sent by his countrymen on an embassy to King Antiochus III the Great; he begged him to allow the Epirotes not to fight with him, unless he was strong enough to protect them against the Romans.