Consulatus tantummodo usque ad undecimum quin continuaret Caesar, cum saepe obnitens repugnasset, impetrare non potuit: nam dictaturam quam pertinaciter ei deferebat populus, tam constanter repulit.
In the matter of the consulship, Caesar was unable to get his wish, and instead was forced to hold that position successively until the eleventh time, despite making repeated attempts to avoid it. However, the people persistently offered him the dictatorship, which he just as stubbornly refused.