Humiliated by these defeats, shortly afterward, in early autumn, Gellius and Clodianus were withdrawn as commanders by the Roman senate, and command of the war given to Marcus Licinius Crassus. This setback to Gellius’s career was only temporary; with the support of Pompey, both Gellius and Clodianus were appointed censor in 70 BC. They began a systematic purge of the senate, removing some sixty-four senators, among them a number of individuals connected to the trial of Oppianicus, as well as some important individuals such as Gaius Antonius Hybrida and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura. They identified 910,000 citizens and possibly named Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus as Princeps Senatus.