They allowed themselves to be delighted with the games, and they did as they were bid.

But every now and then there came up a name which stirred them, and they went to the voting pens--ovilia--with a purpose of their own.

When such a candidate came forward, he was sure to be first.

Such had been Marius, and such had been the great Pompey, and such was Cicero.

The two former were men successful in war, who gained the voices of the people by their victories.