PageBook=>003 of the law might circumscribe the prerogative of the First Citizen. […] The contestants were the nobiles among themselves, as individuals or in groups, open in the elections and in the courts of law, or masked by secret intrigue. […] The letter of the law likewise knew no distinction between rich and poor. […] Though Caesar was slain as a tyrant by honourable and patriotic citizens, the acta of the Dictator and even his last projects, as yet unpublished were to have the force of law. […] Even if June 1st be not the day of the passing of the law (cf.