Pompey was not a revolutionary, unlike Sulla who would go to any lengths, and did, to get his way Pompey seemed content to just simply retire as the greatest Roman of his time and the first man in Rome . ... For the status conscious Romans to recognise an aristocrat like Sulla as the first man in Rome was barely tolerable but to have another Marius amongst them was unacceptable. ... The senate following Cato's lead refused. ... At this time another powerful Roman had similar problems with the senate. ... The senate declined to do so. ...

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