On his career, P-W IV, 1624 ff. […] All posterity knows Ventidius as a muleteer. 3 His career was laborious, but his origin may have been reputable. […] From his career and station, from the authority of the office he held, the predominance of Antonius was a given and inescapable fact. […] That was all they had in common in character, career and policy the three consulars were discordant and irreconcilable. […] His defence can hardly cover the whole of his career.