Taylor—to say nothing of the alacrity and the patience of the readers of the Clarendon Press. […] About Gabinius’ origin, nothing is known. […] Yet they were nothing new or alarming in the holders of office and power at Rome. […] Various intrigues were devised against him but came to nothing. […] Agrippa, friends or enemies have nothing to say: even when it became safe to inquire or publish, nothing at all could be discovered. 3 Before long a very different character turns up, the Etruscan magnate C.