Cato the Younger

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Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.

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instanceOf Roman senator
Roman statesman
Stoic philosopher
historical figure
alliedWith Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis) supporters in the Senate
birthYear 0095 BC
child Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger)
Porcia Catonis
citizenship Roman Republic
cognomen Cato
linked to: Cato the Younger
deathCause suicide
deathPlace Utica
deathYear 0046 BC
epithet the Younger
familyName Porcius Cato
linked to: Cato the Younger
father Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
fullName Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
givenName Marcus
grandfather Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus
greatGrandfather Cato the Elder
halfSibling Servilia
Servilius Caepio
influenced later Stoic and republican thinkers
inspired American Founding Fathers
Enlightenment-era republicans
knownFor austere lifestyle
defense of the Roman Republic
incorruptible integrity
opposition to Julius Caesar
language Latin
militaryConflict Caesar’s Civil War
mother Livia Drusa
linked to: Livia Drusilla
notableEvent defense of Utica after the Battle of Thapsus
defense of the Catilinarian conspirators’ execution in the Senate
opposition to the First Triumvirate
notableWork political speeches (lost)
occupation philosopher
politician
opposedPerson Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great (at times)
linked to: Pompey the Great
philosophicalSchool Stoicism
politicalFaction Optimates
politicalOffice praetor
quaestor
tribune of the plebs
portrayedInWork Addison’s play "Cato"
Lucan’s Pharsalia
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
posthumousReputation symbol of republican virtue
religion Roman polytheism
sideInConflict Optimates faction against Julius Caesar
linked to: Pompeian faction
spouse Atilia
Marcia
suicideMethod stabbing
supportedCause senatorial aristocracy
traditional Republican constitution
supportedPerson Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)
linked to: Pompey the Great
tribe Porcia gens

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Roman Republic notableFigure Cato the Younger
Cicero notableWork Brutus
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Optimates notableMember Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
subject linked to: optimates
linked to: Cato the Younger
Caesar’s civil war hasCommander Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
linked to: Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger fullName Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger familyName Porcius Cato
linked to: Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger cognomen Cato
linked to: Cato the Younger
Cato (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) influencedBy Roman statesman Cato the Younger
linked to: Cato the Younger
Comedìa containsCharacter Cato the Younger
Catiline opponent Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
linked to: Cato the Younger
Marcus Junius Brutus stepfather Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
Marcus Junius Brutus relatedTo Cato the Younger
Optimates notableMember Cato the Younger
Optimates notableMember Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
Pompeian faction notableMember Cato the Younger
Lucan’s Pharsalia featuresCharacter Cato the Younger
Lucan’s Pharsalia featuresCharacter Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
Battle of Thapsus commander Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
linked to: Cato the Younger
Battle of Thapsus opponentOf Cato the Younger
Battle of Thapsus associatedWithPerson Cato the Younger
Porcia Catonis father Cato the Younger
Porcia Catonis parent Cato the Younger
Porcia Catonis notableRelative Cato the Younger
Porcia Catonis influencedBy Cato the Younger
Tusculum notableResident Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
Servilia sibling Cato the Younger
Servilia halfSibling Cato the Younger
Servilia associatedWith Cato the Younger
Atilia spouseOf Cato the Younger
Atilia notableRelative Cato the Younger
Porcia gens hasNotableMember Cato the Younger
Porcia gens hasNotableMember Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
linked to: Cato the Younger
Cato (play) mainCharacter Cato the Younger
subject linked to: Addison’s play "Cato"
Cato (play) historicalSubject Cato the Younger
subject linked to: Addison’s play "Cato"
Servilius Caepio connectedTo Cato the Younger
Marcia spouse Cato the Younger
Catiline His Conspiracy mainCharacter Cato the Younger
Cato (Anti-Federalist writer) namedAfter Cato the Younger
subject linked to: Cato