To Caesar’s clear mind and love of rapid decision, this brought a tragic sense of impotence and frustration he had been all things and it was no good. 3 He had surpassed the good fortune of Sulla Felix and the glory of Pompeius Magnus. […] Brutus’ good repute has been prejudiced by the regrettable affair of the Salaminian senators. […] Like his father before him, Pompeius could not be described as a consistent party politician, for good or for evil. […] Etruria and Umbria, though wavering, had remained loyal to Rome: the propertied classes had good reason to fear a social revolution. […] Hirtius was accessible to the sinister influence of Balbus3 no good prospect for the Republicans, but a gain for Octavianus.