Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato Uticensis)
Marcus Porcius Cato (* around 69 BC; † 42 BC ) was the son of the late Republican Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis and his first wife Atilia . 42 BC He fell in the battle of Philippi .
Life
Cato Uticensis was a staunch Republican and bitter opponent of Gaius Julius Caesar . When Caesar at the beginning of 49 BC BC opened the civil war against Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and marched to Italy, Cato Uticensis joined Pompey and left Rome with his son Marcus Porcius Cato . The latter is likely to have been barely 20 years old at the time, since he apparently did not hold any political or military office until his father's death (46 BC). He stayed at his father's side until his stay in Utica in North Africa and stayed there with him. When his father chose to commit suicide, he tried in vain to save the seriously wounded man. Pardoned by Caesar, he was also allowed to keep all his father's possessions.
After Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC. Had fallen victim to a conspiracy, Cato stepped on the side of the Caesar murderer Marcus Junius Brutus , who since 45 BC. Was married to Cato's older sister Porcia . 43-42 BC Cato was probably the legate of Brutus, accompanied him to Asia and had a love affair there with Psyche, the beautiful wife of Prince Marphadates of Cappadocia. In the autumn of 42 BC He took part in the last battle of Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus against the triumvirs Octavian and Marcus Antonius . Without thinking of fleeing, he fell in the second battle near Philippi. With him, the Porcii Catones family died out.
literature
- Franz Miltner : Porcius 13. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXII, 1, Stuttgart 1953, Col. 166 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Plutarch , Cato Minor 24, 6.
- ↑ Plutarch, Cato Minor 52, 2.
- ^ Franz Miltner : Porcius 13). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXII, 1, Stuttgart 1953, Col. 166.
- ↑ Plutarch, Cato minor 66, 3ff. and 68ff .; Valerius Maximus 4, 3, 12.
- ^ [Caesar], African War 89, 5; Plutarch, Cato Minor 73, 1; Appian , Civil Wars 2, 100, 415; Cassius Dio 43, 12, 1; Valerius Maximus 5, 1, 10; Livy , periochae 114.
- ^ Cicero , Epistulae ad Brutum 1, 5, 3 and 1, 14, 1.
- ↑ Plutarch, Cato Minor 73, 1.
- ↑ Plutarch, Cato Minor 73, 2 and Brutus 49, 4; Appian, Civil Wars 4, 135, 571; Velleius Paterculus 2, 71, 2.
family tree
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porcius Cato, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cato, Marcus Porcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 69 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 42 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Philippi |