Plutarch's Life of Cato the Younger (Cato of Utica)
By Plutarch (Rome)
The unyielding Stoic conscience of the dying Republic: walking barefoot, defying Caesar's bribes and Pompey's legions, and choosing death before slavery at Utica. Moral focus: Moral rectitude, absolute honesty, and martyrdom for freedom.
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Lesson 1: The Stubborn Boy and the Italian Ally
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
The Stubborn Boy and the Italian Ally
Poppaedius Silo dangles little Cato from the window by his heels to make him endorse citizenship; Cato refuses to flinch.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Stubborn Boy and the Italian Ally
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 2: The House of Sulla: 'Give Me a Sword'
Term Reading 2 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 3: The Discipline of the Stoic Philosopher
Term Reading 3 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 4: The Model Military Tribune in Macedonia
Term Reading 4 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 5: Cleaning the Roman Treasury (Quaestorship)
Term Reading 5 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 6: The Catiline Debate: Opposing Caesar's Clemency
Term Reading 6 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 7: Defending the Constitution against Pompey & Metellus
Term Reading 7 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 8: The Mission to Annex Cyprus
Term Reading 8 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 9: Refusing the Triumvirate's Bribes
Term Reading 9 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 10: The Civil War: Mourning Roman Blood
Term Reading 10 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 11: The March across the Libyan Desert
Term Reading 11 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Lesson 12: The Final Night in Utica & Plato's Phaedo
Term Reading 12 of 12 • Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
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