They wanted Cicero to join due to the fact that he was a fantastic orator (in fact one of the great of his time) and also he is an ex-consul meaning he is highly respected. However he rejects these offers, including joining Caesars staff and going on a mission, as joining them would be against his political morals (Concordia ordinum). His strong sense of morals is what ultimately costs him though, as because the Triumvirate became frustrated with waiting and saw Cicero as a threat due to his skill in speech. They therefore started to support Cloudius, they let him be adopted as a plebeian so he could run as tribune, (and he changed his name from Claudius to Cloudius as it was more plebeian) and when he proposed that all People who had put Roman citizens to death without trial should be exiled, which was obviously aimed at Cicero they supported it. This made Cicero call to Pompey, however Pompey said he was merely a private citizen who had no influence over Cloudius, Pompey also had little sympathy for Cicero as he had turned down all Caesar’s…