Livius Drusus hoped to enlist them on the side of the dominant oligarchy. […] But neither Valerii nor Fabii stand in the forefront of his oligarchy. […] There were dangerous rifts in the oligarchy, the wounds of feud and faction. […] After long wavering Pompeius chose at last to save the oligarchy. […] From Pompeius, from Cato and from the oligarchy, no hope of reform.