6 At least seventy millions (Dio 48, 36, 4f.). […] Hostilius Saserna, can be distinguished, of whom the first at least was a senator (Münzer, P-W VII, 2512 ff.). […] The governing oligarchy, not least the dynastic houses of the plebeian nobility, had been growing ever closer and more exclusive. […] One thing at least is clear. […] Octavianus for his part exerted every art to win the confidence of Cicero, or at least to commit him openly to the revolutionary cause.