2But when Cato opposed him in this measure also, and frustrated the law, then Pompey attached himself to Clodius, at that time the boldest of the popular leaders, and won Caesar to his support, a result for which Cato himself was in a way responsible. For Caesar, on returning from his praetorship in Spain,38In the summer of 60 B.C. desired to be a candidate for the consulship, and at the same time asked for a triumph.
Notes
[38] In the summer of 60 B.C.