Some might hope to persuade Pompeius, making him sacrifice Caesar in return for alliance with the oligarchy. […] Loyalty could only be won by loyalty in return. […] Brutus and Cassius did not return to Rome and the rival Caesarian leaders were reconciled through the insistence of the soldiery. […] On his return to Rome late in the summer Servilius embarked upon a tortuous policy, to enhance his power and that of his clan. […] When he made his decision to return, Cicero did not know that unity had been restored in the Caesarian party.