Gelzer’s lucid explanation of the character of Roman society and Roman politics, namely a nexus of personal obligations, is here followed closely. […] 2 In alliance, namely, with both Labienus and Q. […] Junius Brutus and the husbands of his sister and daughter, namely L. […] , namely M. […] Among the other eleven consulars only one was an active partisan, commanding armies, namely Cn.