Even Picenum, his own barony, went over to the enemy without a blow. […] Crassus drew back, and Catilina went on, to his ruin. […] Whatever their class in society, men went with a leader or a friend, though the cause were indifferent or even distasteful. […] When Antonius intervened, the sympathies of plebs and veterans went to Caesar’s heir. […] To counter that danger and outbid his rival the consul went farther with his Caesarian and popular policy.