Cato the Younger (Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476)
Early Life
Cato (KAY-toh) the Younger, also known as Cato Uticensis from the place of his death, was born in Rome in 95 b.c.e. He was the great-grandson of Cato the Censor, who remained an inspiration for the younger Cato throughout his life. Cato the Younger was orphaned at an early age and grew up in the household of his maternal uncle Marcus Livius Drusus. Cato idealized the early Republic. He cultivated the old Roman virtues of simplicity and frugality, in contrast to the materialism of his own day. He...
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