Caesar was a logical man; and the heir of Caesar displayed coherence in thought and act when he inaugurated the proscriptions and when he sanctioned clemency, when he seized power by force, and when he based authority upon law and consent. […] Italy suffered devastation and sacking of cities, with proscription and murder of the best men; for the ambitions of the dynasts provoked war between class and class. […] Restored to power by a military despot, enriched by proscription and murder, and growing ever fatter on the spoil of the provinces, they lacked both principle to give inner coherence and courage to make the reforms that might save and justify the rule of class and privilege. […] Caesar’s party had no monopoly of the bankrupts and terrorists; 2 while Pompeians and their leader himself, when war broke out, made savage threats of Sullan proscriptions. 3 The prince of all the bankers and financiers, C. […] There were to be no proscriptions.