concordia ordinum
Harmony of the orders, was more in line with Sulla, who had himself broadened the composition of the Senate: the upper orders, senators and equites, were to fulfil their different public obligations and co-operate against revolutionary movements. But when Cicero opposed a whole series of tribunician proposals which appealed to the rural and urban poor, he said, and no doubt partly believed, that he was a popularis consul safeguarding the true interests of the people. (Boardman, 1986)