sentences:  By September, momentum was turning against Drusus and his backers.Senators in the Roman Republic were deeply wary of any one individual gaining extraordinary personal power; as a result, Drusus' popularity with the people lost him support in the Senate, where it was feared he was becoming dangerously influential in the model of the Gracchi or Lucius Appuleius Saturninus.The consul Philippus called for the abrogation of Drusus' laws, and a heated exchange took place on 13 September in the Senate House between Philippus and Lucius Crassus.