With the exception of two letters of introduction, we have nothing from him till he writes to Atticus from the first scene of his exile.
When the new year commenced, Clodius was Tribune of the people, and immediately was active.

Piso and Gabinius were Consuls.

Piso was kinsman to Piso Frugi, who had married Cicero's daughter,[273]and was expected to befriend Cicero at this crisis.

But Clodius procured the allotment of Syria and Macedonia to the two Consuls by the popular vote.

They were provinces rich in plunder; and it was matter of importance for a Consul to know that the prey which should come to him as Proconsul should be worthy of his grasp.