Cato The Younger: Life And Death At The End Of The Roman Republic Fred K Drogula

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019086902X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190869021
• Author(s): Fred K Drogula

Marcus Porcius Cato (“the Younger”) is most famous for being Julius Caesar’s nemesis. His sustained antagonism was in large part responsible for pushing the Romans towards civil war. Yet Cato never wanted war even though he used the threat of violence against Caesar. This strategic gamble misfired as Caesar, instead of yielding, marched on Rome, hurling the Republic into a bloody civil war. Refusing to inhabit a world ruled by Caesar, Cato took his own life. Although the Roman historian Sallust identified Cato and Caesar as the two most outstanding men of their age, modern scholars have tended to dismiss Cato as a cantankerous conservative who, while colorful, was not a critical player in the events that overtook the Republic.

This book, in providing a much-needed reliable biography of Cato, contradicts that assessment. In addition to being Caesar’s adversary, Cato is an important and fascinating historical figure in his own right, and his career-in particular, his idiosyncrasies-shed light on the changing political culture of the late Republic. Cato famously reached into Rome’s hallowed past and found mannerisms and habits to adopt that transformed him into the foremost champion of ancestral custom.

Table contents:

Introduction
Chapter One: Family
Chapter Two: Early Years
Chapter Three: Cato the Tribune
Chapter Four: Cato and the Formation of the Triumvirate
Chapter Five: Cato’s Cyprian Mission and its Aftermath
Chapter Six: Shifting Alliances
Chapter Seven: Collapse
Chapter Eight: Civil War
Epilogue: Cato the Stoic
Glossary of Terms
Index

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