The knights received a share in the jury-courts, the tribunes recovered the powers of which Sulla had stripped them. […] Gabinius and Piso in their turn received important military provinces, Syria and Macedonia, through special laws. […] Dolabella received Syria, Antonius Macedonia: with Macedonia went Caesar’s Balkan army, six of the best of the Roman legions. […] Late in March he had received Macedonia. […] The collected correspondence of Cicero preserved none of the letters he received from Octavianus.