Dead, too, and killed by Romans, were Caesar’s rivals and enemies, many illustrious consulars. […] No matter Caesar’s faction numbered not only many senators but nobiles at that. […] Cautious or frugal, many knights shunned politics altogether. […] Schmidt, accepted by many and reinforced by Münzer (P- W, Supp. v, 375 f.), is certainly attractive. […] The need of this was patent and inevitable: many senators, many of the Liberators themselves, held preferment, office, or provinces from the Dictator.