3. L.HostiliusCato, was one of the commissioners [HOSTILIUS CATO, No. 1] for redividing the demesne lands of Rome in Samnium and Apulia B. C. 201 (Liv. 31.4), and subsequently legatus of L. Scipio Asiaticus in the Syrian war, B. C. 190. L. Hostilius, as well as Aulus, was accused of taking bribes from Antiochus, but, unlike Aulus, was acquitted. (Liv. 38.55.)
[W.B.D]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890