The wide and remembered ramifications of the Roman noble clan won concentrated support for the rising politician. […] Caesar the proconsul won to his person the towns of Gallia Cisalpina and the tribal princes of Gaul beyond the Alps. […] Cingulum owed recent benefits to Labienus:1 yet Cingulum was easily won. […] Loyalty could only be won by loyalty in return. […] Octavianus also won the support of private investors, among them some of the wealthiest bankers of Rome.