Cf., however, no less pessimistic remarks about an earlier period, Hist, 1, 12 M. […] (Metellus Creticus (cos. 69) bore a grudge against Pompeius as the result of an earlier clash, in 67 B.C. […] Gellius Poplicola, legates of Pompeius in the Pirate War (Appian, Mithr. 95), perhaps earlier in Spain as well. […] Visidius (Cicero, Phil. 7, 24) or, earlier, Minatus Magius of Aeclanum(Velleius 2, 16, 2). […] Piso ten years earlier.