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	Cato the Younger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cato was born in 95 BC in Rome, the son of Marcus Porcius Cato by his wife Livia Drusa.
		As a military tribune, Cato was sent to Macedon in 67 BC at the age of 28 and given command of a legion.
		In Dante's The Divine Comedy, Cato is portrayed as the guardian of the seaward approach to the island of purgatory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cato_the_Younger (2937 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 636 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cato is represented to have said, that he served his first campaign in his 17th year, when Hannibal was over-running Italy.
		When Cato was a very young man, the death of his father put him in possession of a small hereditary estate in the Sabine territory, at a distance from his native town.
		The ardour of the youthful Cato was kindled.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0645.html (788 words)

	Joseph Addison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1713 the drama of Cato appeared, and was received with acclamation by both Whigs and Tories, and was followed by the comedy of the Drummer.
		Based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, it deals with, inter alia, such themes as individual liberty vs. government tyranny, Republicanism vs. Monarchism, logic vs. emotion and Cato's personal struggle to cleave to his beliefs in the face of death.
		The noble sons of Cato, Portius and Marcus, are both in love with Lucia, the daughter of Lucius, a senatorial ally of Cato.
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	Cato the younger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As a military tribune, Cato was sent to Macedon in 67 BC and given command of one of a legion.
		Cato was overwhelmed by grief and, for once in his life, he spared no expense to organize a superb funeral for his brother.
		Cato is remembered as a Stoic philosopher and one of the most active paladins of the decaying Republic.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/c/ca/cato_the_younger.html (2042 words)

	Slotkin: memorem an superbos Tarquini fasces, dubito, an Catonis nobile letum: Horace's Rather Odd Way of Praising ...
		Both Cato's presence and his position in the Pindaric catalogue of remarkable figures suggest that, with Quem virum, Horace is praising the fallen Republic.
		But Cato is nevertheless separated from the series of kings by dubito, and the following stanza attends to Regulus, the Scauri, and Paulus (37-8), all of whom chose to die (or to drive a son to suicide) rather than to bring shame on the Republic by surrendering or surviving a defeat.
		Cato killed himself rather than surrender to Caesar, survive the defeat of the Republic, and witness, as he believed, the return to monarchy; his placement immediately after the monarchs is less puzzling than poignant.
	www.camws.org /meeting/2006/abstracts/slotkin.html (472 words)

	Hbo Rome and... BBC too - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
		In one case, this omission might be misleading, i.e., in the case of the two sons of Cato the Censor.
		The Cato who opposed Caesar is often known as Cato Uticensis to distinguish him from the others; however, many sources simply assume that the Cato in question is Cato Uticensis.
		This is particularly instructive in the case of Cato Uticensis' family.
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		In 204 Cato began his political career with the quaestorship.[36] As he was a _novus homo_ and a man of small private means, it was no small distinction that he had forced his way to office in his thirtieth year.
		Cato did not live to see the conclusion of the war; he died in 149, at the age of 84 or 85 years, having retained his mental and physical vigor to the last.
		Cato's son married a daughter of Paulus, so that the censor was brought into relationship with the Cornelii, whose most illustrious representative he had hated and attacked.
	gwydir.demon.co.uk /PG/Cato/catomaior-utf-8.txt (19126 words)

	Cato: De Agricultura
		Cato's crusade against the change in Roman society was his major life's work, something he never forgot even when he decided at age of eighty to learn Greek, probably in order to refute the tide of Hellenic thought invading Rome.
		What is unique about Cato is his focus on the business at hand, getting the most out of the men and land, while keeping a sense of duties and values in mind, however narrow and restrictive it may be, and doing this all under the umbrella of a set of traditional religious observances.
		Cato goes on with cabbage as medicine, but this first introduction is surprising, since it has the practical value of an apertif before a huge meal as well as a damper on drunkenness.
	community.middlebury.edu /~harris/cato.html (8827 words)

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		He portrays Cato as a pompous windbag, chastising the senate in his Stoic way, for their addiction to luxury and their inability to enforce simple justice, but as a man who sides with right.
		1.2.5 in sinu, Cato continues the wordplay, alluding subtly to a rape: the sinus was the fold of the toga over the breast used as a "pocket".
		Cato translates "in custodiis" (l.95) which may suggest that by "resources" (opibus), Caesar means "trust-worthy custodial settings and agents" rather than "prisons" per se.
	personal.ecu.edu /stevensj/latn3001/ch7.doc (2598 words)

	Biography of Cato, the Younger \| Life of Cato, the Younger
		As quaestor, or minister of finance, Cato was notable for his punishment of corrupt treasury clerks and the strict rectitude of his accounts.
		When Caesar crushed the Pompeians in the Battle of Thapsus in 46 and approached the city, Cato committed suicide.After his death Cato became a symbol of republicanism in the continuing struggle against Caesar, Antony, and Octavian.
		Further Reading The chief ancient sources for Cato are the speeches and letters of Cicero and the biography in Plutarch's Lives.
	www.essayboom.com /biographies/Cato_the_Younger-27930.html (263 words)

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		Cato and Caesar were on opposing sides in the debate; Cato demanded to see the letter, claiming it was from enemies of the Senate.
		Cato brought a suit of bribery against the second consul, but refrained from similar action against Silanus.
		The family conference was to consider an offer made by the Senate at the instigation of Mark Antony to appoint Brutus and Cassius to supervise the collection of corn taxes in the provinces of Sicily and Asia until the end of the year.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0398 (1127 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 698 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		[E., the second wife of Cato the Censor, was the daughter of a scribe, and client of the latter, and bore the vigorous old man a son when he had completed his eightieth year.
		This son, who was called M. Cato Salonianus, was the grandfather of Cato Uticensis.
		Paris) that the name of Cato's second wife was Actoria Paula, but the name is probably a mistake of the copyist for Aemilia Paula, who was the wife of the Censor's eldest son.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3032.html (905 words)

	Addison, Cato: A Tragedy and Selected Essays ToC: The Online Library of Liberty
		Cato, A Tragedy is the account of the final hours of Marcus Porcius Cato (95–46 B.C.), a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric, and resistance to the tyranny of Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty.
		From its first performance on April 14, 1713 Joseph Addison’s play Cato: A Tragedy captured the imaginations of theatregoers in Britain and North America with its themes of liberty and resistance to tyranny.
		Addison was intrigued with Cato the Younger’s opposition to Caesar and his support for Roman liberty and repubicanism.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Home3/Book.php?recordID=0714 (445 words)

	Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors -- from Walden by Henry Thoreau, with notes and analysis
		Cato's half-obliterated cellar-hole still remains, though known to few, being concealed from the traveller by a fringe of pines.
		According to The Variorum Walden, Cato Uticensis was the son of the Roman Cato who Thoreau quotes in Latin from time to time.
		But all I can learn of their conclusions amounts to just this, that "Cato and Brister pulled wool"; which is about as edifying as the history of more famous schools of philosophy.
	www.kenkifer.com /Thoreau/former_i.htm (4542 words)

	Cato the Elder - Timeline Index
		Cato (sometimes called the Censor) was one of the most prominent figures in ancient Rome.
		Unfortunately a great deal of Cato's literature has been lost to history, but that which remains is an invaluable resource.
		Marcus Porcius Cato "Uticensis" (also known as Cato the Younger) was many things, including the adamantine foe of the triumvirs Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus and the man wh...
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/1625 (171 words)

	Roman Coins of Cato Uticensis
		Cato Uticensis, Propraetor, committed suicide in 46 B.C. Cato preferred to die with the Republic rather than outlive it.
		Cato Uticensis copied his types from those minted by his ancestor, the moneyer M. Porcius Cato, c.
		The design is copied from an issue by another M. Cato in 89 B.C. It was struck under Senate authority, in Utica, North Africa where Cato was propraetor at the beginning of the civil war.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /roman-coins.asp?vpar=1026&pos=0 (295 words)

	Addison, Cato: A Tragedy ToC: The Online Library of Liberty
		By all accounts, Cato was an uncompromisingly principled man, deeply committed to liberty.
		As Caesar’s forces closed in on Cato, he chose to take his life, preferring death by his own hand to a life of submission to Caesar.
		Addison’s theatrical depiction of Cato enlivened the glorious image of a citizen ready to sacrifice everything in the cause of freedom, and it influenced friends of liberty on both sides of the Atlantic.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Home3/BookToCPage.php?recordID=0731 (615 words)

	Marcus Junius Brutus biography
		His father bore the same name, was a follower of Marius, and, suffering defeat from Pompey, was at the latter's direction put to death.
		At this time the son was but eight years old, and his education was in part watched over by his uncle, Marcus Cato Uticensis (Servilia, mother of Brutus, was Cato's half-sister), whose philosophy he adopted.
		His wife Porcia, daughter of Cato Uticensis, is said by Plutarch and others to have committed suicide by swallowing red-hot coals.
	www.dromo.info /brutusbio.htm (444 words)

	Classics Eireann: Sheenagh O'Hora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Throughout his political career, Cato stood as a staunch defender of the Republican tradition and it is probable that his views permeated his nephew's consciousness.
		Many who had fought with Pompey were not content with the fact that they were indebted to Caesar for their lives and resented the fact that they had to be grateful for rewards that they would have received anyway if they had been victorious in the war (Nic.
		Cato's suicide at Utica illustrates that the decision to surrender to Caesar, despite his clemency, was not an easy one.
	homepage.mac.com /sspence/classicseireann/articles/Sheenagh.html (5946 words)

	Ahenobarbus
		They took joint action, however, in suppressing the recently established Latin rhetorical schools, which they regarded as injurious to public morality (Aulus Gellius xv.
		Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of the above, husband of Porcia the sister of Cato Uticensis, friend of Cicero and enemy of Caesar, and a strong supporter of the aristocratical party.
		At first strongly opposed to Pompey, he afterwards sided with him against Caesar.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ah/Ahenobarbus.html (248 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.09.09
		The modern notion of suicide does not cover both Cato and Socrates, whereas in the ancient paradigm there is no fundamental distinction between the two noble deaths.
		This was the case with Cato Uticensis: "Since nature had endowed Cato with an unbelievable moral gravity...
		The rigidity of Cato's character meant that his voluntary death could only serve to demonstrate the absolute incompatibility of Caesar's rule with the ethical ideals of the Republic (p.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-09-09.html (2367 words)

	The Poem
		In Lucan, Virgil's dual image of Catiline punished and Cato dispensing laws to the souls of the blessed is completely reversed; his Cato suffers, his Catiline rejoices at the civil war.
		He was the great-grandfather of the Cato Uticensis of the civil war.
		Virgil's dual image of Catiline punished and Cato dispensing laws to the souls of the blessed is characteristically inverted by Lucan; his Cato suffers, his Catiline rejoices at the civil war.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~silver/Lucan/lucan-comm3.html (4611 words)

	Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D By Robert F. Pennel (1890)- Chapter 34 from Nalanda Digital ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cato, when he heard of the defeat, retired to his chamber in Utica, and committed suicide.
		The triumph was followed, as usual, by games and festivals, which kept the populace in a fever of delight and admiration.
		MARCUS PORTIUS CATO UTICENSIS [Footnote: Cato the Younger, called UTICENSIS on account of his death at Utica.] (95-46) was the great- grandson of Cato the Censor.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/ancrome/chapter34.html (1667 words)

	The Middle Republic: Cato the Elder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Write a paragraph describing Cato's reaction to the presence of the philosophers, Carneades the Academic and Diogenes the Stoic in Rome (22-23).
		Why didn't Cato entrust the education of his son to his slave Chilo, who was a schoolmaster (20)?
		Note that Cato is the great-great grandfather of Cato Uticensis (he committed suicide in Utica in north Africa), the last champion of republicanism at Rome (see footnote on p.
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/courses/cato.htm (360 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of CATO MAIOR DE SENECTUTE.
		The Cato Maior is a popular essay in Ethics, applying the principles of philosophy to the alleviation of one of life's chief burdens, old age.
		Cato was of the age for military service about the time of the battle of Lake Trasimenus, and entered the army then as a common soldier.
		But the new modes of which Scipio was the chief patron were too strong to be conquered, and Cato spent the rest of his life in fighting a hopeless battle against them, though he fought for a time with the strongest weapons that the constitution supplied.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/14945/14945-h/14945-h.htm (16767 words)

	Cato ("Catoun" or "Dionysius Cato") (general note) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Old John knew not Cato, for he had never been to school; the "Distichs" (closed couplets) of Cato were far and away the most popular elementary textbooks in schools during the early Middle Ages and beyond.
		The Cato of the Distichs was not Cato the Censor nor Cato Uticensis, though the work may have been attributed to the former by way of adding authority to the collection (just as collections of Middle English proverbs were attributed to King Alfred).
		Later the work was attributed to Dionysius Cato, of whom nothing further is known.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~chaucer/special/authors/cato (299 words)

	Summer Seminars and Institutes Sample Projects
		Cato, whose fiercely held republican values and stern morality brought him into conflict with Julius Caesar and helped precipitate the Roman Civil War, was frequently invoked during the early history of America.
		Participants study ancient sources in English translation that describe Cato, including Plutarch's Life of Cato the Younger, Lucan's Pharsalia, and Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline; modern scholarship on the late Roman Republic; and Joseph Addison's 1713 play, Cato.
		Participants represent a variety of disciplines in the humanities, including classical studies, American history, political science, and English literature, and their individual projects explore how Americans in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century understood, and, at times, sought to emulate this Roman hero.
	www.neh.gov /grants/guidelines/seminarprojects.html (1116 words)

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		Public affairs, in such a government, must necessarily go to confusion, by whatever hands they are conducted; and the zeal of patriots is in that case much less requisite than the patience and submission of philosophers.
		The virtue and good intentions of CATO and BRUTUS are highly laudable; but, to what purpose did their zeal serve?[23] Only to hasten the fatal period of the ROMAN government, and render its convulsions and dying agonies more violent and painful.
		The younger Cato was the uncle of Marcus Junius Brutus (85?-42 B.C.).
	www.constitution.org /dh/polscien.txt (4904 words)

	MARCIA CATOUN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Marcia, daughter of Marcius Philippus, was the wife of Cato Uticensis, for whom she bore three children, one of whom was Porcia, who became Brutus's wife.
		Cato divorced her so that he could marry her to his friend Quintus Hortensius, who wanted her to bear him children and so cement his friendship with Cato.
		T.R. Lounsbury suggests that Chaucer means Marcia, daughter of Cato Uticensis, who appears in Jerome's Epistola adversus Jovinianum (Letter Against Jovinian) I.46 (PL 23: 275).
	www.columbia.edu /dlc/garland/deweever/M/marciaca.htm (183 words)

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		Porcia was a passionate woman as devoted to the cause of republican Rome as her father, Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, a leader among the optimates opposing Gaius Julius Caesar.
		Brutus's mother, Servilia (1), who was Cato's half sister, had once been the lover of Caesar, remained his friend, and opposed Bruutus and Porcia's marriage.
		She was present at a meeting at Antium on June 8, 44, that included Junia Tertia, the wife of Gaius Cassius Longinus; Marcus Favonius, an admirer of Cato; Brutus; Cassius; and Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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