The survivors of the old governing class, shattered in spirit, gave up the contest. […] About this time Cato married Marcia, the granddaughter of Philippus, and gave his own sister Porcia to L. […] If he gave way now, it was the end. […] In her dynastic policy she ruthlessly employed the three daughters of her second husband, whom she gave in marriage to C. […] Rather than emend, Cicero gave it up, gladly.