After long strife against the domination of Pompeius, Cato resolved to support a dictatorship, though anxiously shunning the name. […] After long wavering Pompeius chose at last to save the oligarchy. […] After such wreckage, the task of rebuilding confronted him, stern and thankless. […] After this the paths of Brutus and of Caesar diverged sharply for eleven years. […] PageBook=>088 After a decade of war Italy was united, but only in name, not in sentiment.