{"date":"December 7","id":"12-07","intro":["After being governor of Sicily, Cicero returned to Rome expecting a hero’s welcome. When he asked what the Romans thought of his recent achievements, he received an astounding answer."],"minutes":21,"readings":[{"author":"Plutarch","end":231,"start":222,"volume":12,"work":"Cicero"}],"slug":"december-7","status":"proofread","title":"What Cicero Least Expected","url":"/harvard-classics/december-7/","words":4288}