He hoped to stand for the consulate in 67 (Val. […] To wait for it would be to sacrifice the consulate. […] Fabius Maximus, who died in his consulate (45 B.C.). […] Marcius Philippus, a safe candidate for the consulate of 56 B.C. […] (CIL 12, p. 50): he is not heard of again until his consulate, August 43 B.C.