Cato the Younger

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Roman senator Roman statesman Stoic philosopher historical figure

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger 2
Brutus 1
Cato 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
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 (father of Cato the Younger) ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger)

Porcia Catonis ⓘ
citizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
cognomen Cato the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cato
deathCause suicide ⓘ
deathPlace Utica ⓘ
deathYear 0046 BC ⓘ
epithet the Younger ⓘ
familyName Cato the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Porcius Cato
father Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger) ⓘ
fullName Cato the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
givenName Marcus ⓘ
grandfather Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger) ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus
greatGrandfather Cato the Elder ⓘ
halfSibling Servilia ⓘ
Servilius Caepio ⓘ
influenced later Stoic and republican thinkers ⓘ
inspired Framers of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Caesar’s Civil War
mother Livia Drusilla ⓘ
surface form: Livia Drusa
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 ⓘ
surface form: Pompey the Great (at times)
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 Pompeian faction ⓘ
surface form: Optimates faction against Julius Caesar
spouse Atilia ⓘ
Marcia ⓘ
suicideMethod stabbing ⓘ
supportedCause senatorial aristocracy ⓘ
traditional Republican constitution ⓘ
supportedPerson Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)
tribe Porcia gens ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cato the Younger → cognomen → Cato the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cato
Cato the Younger → familyName → Cato the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porcius Cato
Cato the Younger → fullName → Cato the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
Caesar’s civil war → hasCommander → Cato the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
this entity surface form: Roman statesman Cato the Younger
Roman Republic → notableFigure → Cato the Younger ⓘ
optimates → notableMember → Cato the Younger ⓘ
subject surface form: Optimates
this entity surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
Cicero → notableWork → Cato the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brutus