The opposition to him continued on his return. In his absence Pompey had shamefully usurped control over Sulla's children, contrary to the father's testament, and now in Pompeius' absence the latter's intimate and hereditary political ally Gaius Memmius co-ordinated the opposition to Lucullus' claim to a triumph. Memmius delivered at least four speeches "de triumpho Luculli Asiatico", and the antagonism towards Lucullus aroused by the Pompeians proved so effective that the enabling law ("lex curiata") required to hold a triumph was delayed for three years. In this period Lucullus was forced to reside outside the "pomerium", which curtailed his involvement in day-to-day politics centred on the Forum.