Nor was Pompeius in any way to their liking. […] Few of them were of any use to Caesar or to the State. […] A long time passes before any number of senators emerge on his side. […] Nor was any decision or hope to be discerned among the Liberators, as the congress at Antium showed, or any armed support from the provinces. […] But Cicero as yet had not committed himself to any irreparable feud with Antonius or to any definite line of action.