Amicitia was a weapon of politics, not a sentiment based on congeniality. […] Games and festivals were customary devices for the organization of popular sentiment. […] In Cicero, however, no mention of the Ludi Victoriae Caesaris, which revealed the Caesarian sentiments of the mob and the popularity of Caesar’s heir. […] The sentiments which the young man entertained towards his adoptive parent were never revealed. […] His grandfather was a man of property, of suitable and conservative sentiments and ready to defend his interests against Roman tribunes.