Men who were learned in constitutional history pointed out that no one before had ever been elected to fill a vacancy without the passing of a bill or some act of deprivation, although there was precedent for the one day consulship in the case of Caninius Rebilus when Caius Caesar was dictator and the civil war necessitated prompt rewards.
Adituek nabarmentzen zuten artean inoiz ez zela inor ordeztua izan, magistraturatik kenduta eta lege bat promulgatuta ez bazen. Izan ere, Kaninio Rebilo egun bakarreko kontsul izana zen aurretik, Gaio Zesar diktadore zela, gerra zibileko sariak arrapataka banatzen zirenean.