The necessities of a world-empire and the ambition of generals led to the creation of extraordinary commands in the provinces. […] Then a coup d’état of two generals (70 B.C.), restoring the tribunate, destroyed Sulla’s system but left the nobiles nominally in power. […] The constitution served the purposes of generals or of demagogues well enough. […] His forces were inconsiderable, one or two legions; and Apamea was closely invested by Caesarian generals. […] It was by no means unlikely that Caesar would be entangled and defeated in Spain by the experienced Pompeian generals.