, says Gaius Agrippa, "Please remember that the quaestor Lucius Cimber is in Alexandria and that news take time to get there and back: that is the reason we have not heard his say on this - however long this debate has taken, he may not even be aware that it is taking place.
But I, who am his friend and know him well, and have presented this bill, can assure you he will accept and feel honoured if the Senate will grant him the privileges and responsibilities of a propraetorian governor."