Karl G. Maeser and a Roman Commander

The testing center has a poster with Karl G. Maeser's quote that says he will not step out of his circle.

I took a test in the testing center today.

And in my test I wrote about the Roman commander (whose name is so long and so hard to spell like all the Romans) who drew a circle around a king named Antiochus (or something like that) and made him stay in the circle till he did what he said.

I wonder if Karl G. Maeser knew that story.

And I wonder if I'm writing his name right.