ruthlessness with which he destroyed his enemies and rewarded his friends could, in the long run,
jeopardize his constitutional arrangements. To deflect the antagonism generated by his methods from the
nobility that Sulla had left in charge, stories were circulated to the effect that this or that prominent
supporter had queried the extent of the proscriptions, asking 'With whom shall we conquer?' The
Metelli, the family of Sulla's wife, turned out in force to demonstrate sympathy with Roscius. Pompey,
always adept at seeing how the wind was blowing, made a marriage alliance with them and successfully
supported for the consulship of 78 a man no longer favoured by Sulla. This was Marcus Aemilius
Lepidus, who was eventually to side with the dispossessed of Etruria when they attacked the Sullan
colonists planted like garrisons on their land.
Remains Of The Tabularium In Rome, the building which housed the state archives. It was
commissioned by one of Sulla's lieutenants, Q. Lutatius Catulus, and designed by the architect L.
Cornelius in 78 B.C. Only the high podium and a gallery at first-floor level survive; the upper storey has