Aurelius Cotta (cos. 65) was still alive (cf. […] Gallia Cisalpina still bore the name and status of a province. […] Loyalties were still personal, local and regional. […] But Dolabella, an unscrupulous and ambitious young man, would still have to be watched. […] Antistius Vetus was still apparently in charge at the end of 45 B.C.