He had shown that he was not afraid of vested interests. […] They will often be rendered, on a cool estimate, as privilege and vested interests. […] Pompeius was probably desirous of conciliating the financial interests at this time. […] Vested interests prevailed and imposed the respectable pretext of peace and concord. […] With the veterans, the Liberators were at once confronted by a solid block of vested interests.