Short of the consulate, it was given NotesPage=>024 1 Plutarch, Cato minor II (67 B.c.). […] The plebs would not have given preference and votes against Caesar for one of themselves or for a mere municipal dignitary. […] From his career and station, from the authority of the office he held, the predominance of Antonius was a given and inescapable fact. […] Chance and his own resolution had given Antonius the position of vantage. […] Caesar had given them only Latin rights 4 Ib. 14, 12, 1, &.