Cato Flashcards

1
Q

When was cato born

A

95BC

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2
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When did cato become a military Tribune

A

67BC

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3
Q

When did he become plebian tribune

A

62BC

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4
Q

When did he become Praetor

A

54BC

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5
Q

when did he have an allegiance to pompey

A

49-46

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6
Q

when did he have an allegiance to the roman republic

A

72-49bc

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7
Q

where did he die

A

Utica, Africa

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8
Q

why did he die

A

He commited suicide as hed rather die than live under Tyranny

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9
Q

When did he die

A

46BC (April)

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10
Q

What was his belief

A

Stoicism

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11
Q

What was the most senior role that his
Great-Grandfather held in the senate?

A

Consul

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12
Q
  1. Was Cato a Plebeian or Patrician?
A

Plebeian

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13
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  1. What was Cato’s role in the army? Military
A

Tribune in 67 BCE

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14
Q
  1. Where did Cato serve in the military?
A

Macedon

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15
Q
  1. When did Cato become Quaestor?
A

65 BCE

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16
Q
  1. With whom did Cato support the execution
    of the Catilinarian conspirators in 63 BCE?
A

Cicero

17
Q
  1. In what year did he stand as Tribune of the
    Plebs?
A

62 BCE

18
Q
  1. What philosophical teachings did Cato follow?
A

Stoicism

19
Q
  1. Who was Cato’s first wife?
A

Atilia

20
Q
  1. Who was Cato’s second wife?
A

Marcia

21
Q
  1. In what year did he make a bid for Consul?
A

52 BCE

22
Q
  1. What was the main thing Cato objected to in
    Roman politics?
A

Bribery

23
Q
  1. When, where and how did Cato die?
A

46 BCE,
Utica, suicide

24
Q

Who did he prosecute for corruption and when?

A

Murena, 63

25
Q

when was the catalin conspiracy

A

63

26
Q

The Stoic teaching indeed was nothing more than a
corroboration and theoretical defence of certain traditional values of the
governing class in an aristocratic and Republican state”

A

Syme

27
Q

As for the tenets of the Stoics, they could support
doctrines quite distasteful to roman Republicans, namely
monarchy or the brotherhood of man.

A

Scullard

28
Q

What was the Catalin conspiracy

A

attempted coup by Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline) to overthrow the Roman consuls of 63 BC – Cicero and Hybrida – and forcibly assume control of the state in their stead.

29
Q

What happened to his first wife

A

divorced her due to her infidelity

30
Q

What happened to his second wife

A

Handed her over for marrage to Hortensius, he died she gained all his riches and remarried Cato