The house on the Palatine Hill was destroyed, and the goods were put up to auction, with, as we are told, a great lack of buyers.

His choicest treasures were carried away by the Consuls themselves.

Piso, who had lived near him in Rome, got for himself and for his father-in-law the rich booty from the town house.

The country villas were also destroyed, and Gabinius, who had a country house close by Cicero's Tusculan retreat, took even the very shrubs out of the garden.

He tells the story of the greed and enmity of the Consuls in the speech he made after his return, Pro Domo Sua,[282] pleading for the restitution of his household property.