The Sulpicii and Manlii had lost prominence. […] They had lost the first round. […] Where Pompeius lost supporters through inertia, vanity or perfidy, Caesar gained them and held them. […] The Liberators and their friends had lost, at once and for ever, the chance of gaining an ascendancy over the Senate. […] If he lingered until the expiration of his consular year, he was lost.