The result is not known, but the literary world believes that the citizenship was accorded to him.[220] The speech on behalf of Sulla was more important, but still not of much importance.

This Sulla, as may be remembered, had been chosen as Consul with Autronius, two years before the Consulship of Cicero, and he had then after his election been deposed for bribery, as had also Autronius.
L.Aurelius Cotta and L.Manlius Torquatus had been elected in their places.

It has also been already explained that the two rejected Consuls had on this account joined Catiline in his first conspiracy.

There can be no doubt that whether as Consuls or as rejected Consuls, and on that account conspirators, their purpose was to use their position as aristocrats for robbing the State.

They were of the number of those to whom no other purpose was any longer possible.