Cato Flashcards
(22 cards)
Cato’s death - scholarship
Scullard: Cato’s death ‘symbolised the death of the Republic’
Cato’s stoicism - scholarship
Syme: The tenets of the Stoics ‘could support doctrines quite distasteful to Roman Republicans.’
Cato’s morality - scholarship
Morrell: ‘Cato valued moral excellence above military achievements in a manner atypical for a Roman.’
When was Cato’s Urban Quaestorship?
64 BC
Plutarch on Cato’s quaestorship
‘All men said and thought that Cato had invested the quaestor-ship with the dignity of the consul-ship.’
When and where was Cato’s military tribuneship
67, in Macedonia
Significance of Cato’s 68 campaign for military tribuneship
is said to be the only canidate who obeyed the canvassing regulations and did not resort to bribery
Plutarch on Cato’s tribuneship (67)
‘He willlingly shared the tasks he imposed on others.’
‘Made himself more like soldier than commander.’
Plutarch on Cato’s opinions surrounding luxuria
Personal virtue, for cato, was ‘a trifling and useless task.’
Cato anti-bribery 60 BC
In 60 BC, Cato proposed and passed two bills in an attempt to deal with agents of bribery.
Stuttard on Cato’s legacy
he was idealised as a martyr of Republican liberty and a paragon of Stoic virtue.
Cato the way of the elders latin term
Mos Maiorum
When did Cato attempt to Prosecute Murena
63, who allegely attained the consulship of 62 through bribery.
Nepos
proposed that Pompey should return in 63, and deal with the Conspiracy
Tatum
Cato ‘exploits traditional princibles’ these ‘compensated for his lack of intelligence and his subtle opportunism.’
Cato as unocnstitutional, scholar quote
Parenti: Cato was capable of infinite flexibility, treating the constitution [as] expendable.’
Cato and Gracchi - Scholarship
Brunt: refers to Sallust comparing Cato to the Gracchi, as the only politicians who had ‘purity of motive’, instead of personal ambition
Cato’s relationship with Caesar - scholarship
Beard: Cato is ‘…one of Caesar’s most uncompromising enemies.’
Cato’s opposition to Pompey in 62
Refused Pompey the genernous land settlement for his veteran troops and the ratification of his settlements and deeds in the east (Not been sanctioned in the proper way by the senate).
Forcing pompey to choose between a triumph in Rome, or stand for a second consulship (Pompey chose triumph)
Further Cato refused Pompey’s permission to marry his daughter.
Instrumental in forcing Pompey to relinquish his canidacy consulship for his 61 triumph over Mithridates. Leading to triumviriate?
Dio, mistreatment of the sacrosanct triubunes in 49 BC.
Ignored the Tribune’s vetos. Dio: Lentulus warned their safety could not be guaranteed after the vote
Marin - Cato in the civil war
ultiamately justified.
Drogula
His aggressive and uncompromisiing political tatiucs also raised concern among his allies
