The last year of Cicero’s life, full of glory and eloquence no doubt, was ruinous to the Roman People. […] Hortensius, dominant in law-courts and Senate, flaunted pomp and decoration in his life as in his oratory. […] Caesar was voted the Dictatorship for life. […] Yet Cato, no sooner dead, asserted the old domination over his nephew more powerfully than ever in life. […] The years of life under the Dictatorship were unhappy and inglorious.