person
Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis)
Cato
also: Cato the Younger
Cato of Utica (95–46 BC), the Stoic champion of the dying Republic who killed himself rather than submit to Caesar; the title-figure of Maternus's politically provocative tragedy.
Reading notes
- A Dialogue on Oratory §2 Cato
Cato of Utica, the Stoic martyr of the Republic; the title-character of Maternus's tragedy, whose praise of liberty was thought to wound the powerful.