biography
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Cato, Marcus Porcius
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known as Cato the Younger or Cato Uticensis
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pronunciation:
[kaytoh]
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| lived:
| (95–46 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman statesman, the great-grandson of Cato the Censor. A man of uncompromising principles and deep conservatism, his career was marked by an unswerving opposition to Caesar. A supporter of Pompey in the Civil War, after Pharsalus (48 BC) he escaped to Africa. On hearing of Caesar's overwhelming victory at Thapsus (46 BC), he killed himself. |
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