He would have to wait until middle age: his laurels would repose on grey hairs or none remaining. […] Many deserted and returned to their homes, none the worse for a brief autumnal escapade. […] About the last three names few attempts at identification have been made, none satisfactory. […] The collected correspondence of Cicero preserved none of the letters he received from Octavianus. […] Then Octavianus urged Cicero to come to Rome, to save the State once again, and renew the memory of the glorious Nones of December. 2