Pompeius fought against it; but Pompeius, for all his power, had to come to terms. […] Yet Antonius may have spoken as he did in order to force his enemies to come out into the open. […] They would have to go quietly for the present but their chance might come. […] But Cicero stood firm: he refused to come to Rome and condone Caesar’s acts and policy by presence in the Senate. […] Pompeius had come to terms with the government.