The next person to put themself forward for the title of Mayor the Palace was the Count Palatine Javid. This Javid was known as ‘Cicero’ not, alas, for his rhetorical prowess but because his head was shaped like a chickpea. He promised to employ twenty thousand more watchmen if he became Mayor but some pointed out that that was only as many as had been dismissed by his own faction while they governed the palace. Truly, as the poet asked, quis custodiet ipsos custodes custodum?