Millar 1998, p. 124. "It should... be stressed that... the political coalition sometimes misleading labelled the First Triumvirate was being put together by Caesar after his election and very shortly before he entered office" (emphasis in original). Millar, Fergus (1998). The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.15678. ISBN978-0-4721-0892-3.
Cicero is also recorded as making jokes on Caninius' consulship. Kelsey, FW (1909). "Cicero's jokes on the consulship of Caninius Rebilus". The Classical Journal. 4 (3): 129–131. ISSN0009-8353. JSTOR3286857. Two jokes stand out: the consul was so vigilant he did not sleep; nobody ate breakfast during Caninius' consulship (by the next morning Caninius' tenure had ended).
Morstein-Marx & Rosenstein 2006, p. 628, citing Gruen 1995, p. 504, "civil war caused the fall of the republic, not vice versa". Morstein-Marx, Robert; Rosenstein, NS (2006). "Transformation of the Roman republic". In Rosenstein, NS; Morstein-Marx, R (eds.). A companion to the Roman Republic. Blackwell. pp. 625ff. ISBN978-1-4051-7203-5. OCLC86070041. Gruen, Erich S (1995). Last Generation of the Roman Republic. ISBN0-5200-2238-6. OCLC943848.
Flower 2010, p. 152. "After the year 52, politics was dominated by the question of when and under what circumstances Caesar should return from Gaul". Flower, Harriet I (2010). Roman republics. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN978-0-6911-4043-8. OCLC301798480.
Gruen 1995, p. 461; Drogula 2015, p. 289. Gruen, Erich S (1995). Last Generation of the Roman Republic. ISBN0-5200-2238-6. OCLC943848. Drogula, Fred K (2015). Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire. University of North Carolina Press Books. ISBN978-1-4696-2127-2.
Rawson 1992, p. 433. Rawson, Elizabeth (1992). "Caesar: civil war and dictatorship". In Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-5218-5073-8. OCLC121060.
Rawson 1992, p. 434. Rawson, Elizabeth (1992). "Caesar: civil war and dictatorship". In Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-5218-5073-8. OCLC121060.
Broughton 1952, p. 287; Rawson 1992, p. 435 Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1952). The magistrates of the Roman republic. Vol. 2. American Philological Association. Rawson, Elizabeth (1992). "Caesar: civil war and dictatorship". In Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-5218-5073-8. OCLC121060.
Rawson 1992, p. 435. Rawson, Elizabeth (1992). "Caesar: civil war and dictatorship". In Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-5218-5073-8. OCLC121060.
Rawson 1992, p. 436. Rawson, Elizabeth (1992). "Caesar: civil war and dictatorship". In Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-5218-5073-8. OCLC121060.
Rawson 1992, p. 437. Rawson, Elizabeth (1992). "Caesar: civil war and dictatorship". In Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-5218-5073-8. OCLC121060.
Cicero is also recorded as making jokes on Caninius' consulship. Kelsey, FW (1909). "Cicero's jokes on the consulship of Caninius Rebilus". The Classical Journal. 4 (3): 129–131. ISSN0009-8353. JSTOR3286857. Two jokes stand out: the consul was so vigilant he did not sleep; nobody ate breakfast during Caninius' consulship (by the next morning Caninius' tenure had ended).
Morstein-Marx & Rosenstein 2006, p. 627. Morstein-Marx, Robert; Rosenstein, NS (2006). "Transformation of the Roman republic". In Rosenstein, NS; Morstein-Marx, R (eds.). A companion to the Roman Republic. Blackwell. pp. 625ff. ISBN978-1-4051-7203-5. OCLC86070041.