Marcus Cato

Also known as: Cato · Family: Pompeian · Role: senator · First appears: The Civil War, Book I, 1–6

Life events

• Cato fled Sicily after complaining that Pompey had abandoned and betrayed him.(The Civil War, Book I, 27–33 · 📍 Sicily)
  • “After having made these complaints in a public assembly, he fled from his province.”

The Civil War, Book I, 1–6

• enemies with Caesar (Cato is described as acting from an old grudge against Caesar.) “An old grudge against Caesar and chagrin at a defeat actuated Cato.”

The Civil War, Book I, 27–33

• enemies with Caesar “(notwithstanding the resistance of his enemies, and a very violent opposition from Cato, who in his usual manner, consumed the day by a tedious harangue)”
• enemies with Pompey “he made a complaint that he was abandoned and betrayed by Pompey, who had undertaken an unnecessary war, without making any preparation”

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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.