They were able to repel and crush the attempt of the patrician demagogue L. […] They would be able to deal with Pompeius later. […] Marcus Antonius was one of the most able of Caesar’s young men. […] Though able beyond expectation as a politician, he now became bewildered, impatient and tactless. […] Fufius Calenus, an able politician. 1 Pansa, however, encouraged Octavianus at a quite early date.