53.
This testimony of the unanimous voice of the senate was very great, and
consistent with their former conduct; for the preceding year, when Marcellus attacked Caesar's
dignity, he proposed to the senate, contrary to the law of Pompey
and Crassus, to dispose of Caesar's province, before the expiration of his command, and when
the votes were called for, and Marcellus, who
endeavored to advance his own dignity, by raising envy against Caesar, wanted a division, the full senate went over to the opposite
side. The spirit of Caesar's foes was not broken by
this, but it taught them, that they ought to strengthen their interest by
enlarging their connections, so as to force the senate to comply with whatever
they had resolved on.
C. Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Translator. W. A. McDevitte. Translator. W. S. Bohn. 1st Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1869. Harper's New Classical Library.
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