The words 'Hoc misso in Syriam' are supposed to imply that he was sent as a legatus to join Crassus in his syrian province.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
These I was fortunate enough to have most patiently described to me by a syrian who sat beside me, apple-faced and beaming, pleased with the play and himself as interpreter.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
A syrian archer in the "Thesmophoriazusae."
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr