He had to look where to live, and did live for a while on money borrowed from his friends.

All the cherished occupations of his life were over for him--the law courts, the Forum, the Senate, and the crowded meetings of Roman citizens hanging on his words.

The circumstances of his exile separated him from his wife and children, so that he was alone.

All this was assured to him for life, as far as Roman law could assure it.

Let us think of the condition of some great and serviceable Englishman in similar circumstances.