Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143) had four consular sons. […] When Pompeius asked that the consular elections be postponed to permit the candidature of his legate, M. […] Other Caesarian patricians were the consular Messalla Rufus and Ser. […] Caesar clearly contemplated a system of two consular and sixteen praetorian provinces, cf. […] If he lingered until the expiration of his consular year, he was lost.