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Updated: May 15, 2025

The public believed at first, that it was destined for Pompeius and Crassus themselves; the holders of power however preferred to procure the election of two subordinate but trustworth men of their party Aulus Gabinius, the best among Pompeius' adjutants, and Lucius Piso, who was less important but was Caesar's father-in-law as consuls for 696.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

The public believed at first, that it was destined for Pompeius and Crassus themselves; the holders of power however preferred to procure the election of two subordinate but trustworth men of their party Aulus Gabinius, the best among Pompeius' adjutants, and Lucius Piso, who was less important but was Caesar's father-in-law as consuls for 696.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)