“To multiply his earnings, Cleander multiplied his positions and appointed, something that had never been seen before, twenty-five Consuls for a single year. He respected neither the Laws nor things judged. Anyone who had money to give him was sure to be {{sic|absolute}}acquitted, an ancient form of part. past of absolve . , whatever crime he had committed; or reinstated, if he had previously been convicted, and very often still with increased dignity and splendor.”