Caesar was a logical man; and the heir of Caesar displayed coherence in thought and act when he inaugurated the proscriptions and when he sanctioned clemency, when he seized power by force, and when he based authority upon law and consent. […] Cicero fell short of that eminence both when a consul and when a consular, or senior statesman, through lack of family- connexions and clientela. […] (when he protected Clodius), praetor in 59, cf. […] Even a nonentity is a power when consul at Rome. […] Servilius when they attacked the consul.