1
Q
When was cato born
A
95BC
2
Q
When did cato become a military Tribune
A
67BC
3
Q
When did he become plebian tribune
A
62BC
4
Q
When did he become Praetor
A
54BC
5
Q
when did he have an allegiance to pompey
A
49-46
6
Q
when did he have an allegiance to the roman republic
A
72-49bc
7
Q
where did he die
A
Utica, Africa
8
Q
why did he die
A
He commited suicide as hed rather die than live under Tyranny
9
Q
When did he die
A
46BC (April)
10
Q
What was his belief
A
Stoicism
11
Q
What was the most senior role that his
Great-Grandfather held in the senate?
A
Consul
12
Q
- Was Cato a Plebeian or Patrician?
A
Plebeian
13
Q
- What was Cato’s role in the army? Military
A
Tribune in 67 BCE
14
Q
- Where did Cato serve in the military?
A
Macedon
15
Q
- When did Cato become Quaestor?
A
65 BCE
16
Q
- With whom did Cato support the execution
of the Catilinarian conspirators in 63 BCE?
A
Cicero
17
Q
- In what year did he stand as Tribune of the
Plebs?
A
62 BCE
18
Q
- What philosophical teachings did Cato follow?
A
Stoicism
19
Q
- Who was Cato’s first wife?
A
Atilia
20
Q
- Who was Cato’s second wife?
A
Marcia
21
Q
- In what year did he make a bid for Consul?
A
52 BCE
22
Q
- What was the main thing Cato objected to in
Roman politics?
A
Bribery
23
Q
- 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
when was the catalin conspiracy
63
26
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”
Syme
27
As for the tenets of the Stoics, they could support
doctrines quite distasteful to roman Republicans, namely
monarchy or the brotherhood of man.
Scullard
28
What was the Catalin conspiracy
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
What happened to his first wife
divorced her due to her infidelity
30
What happened to his second wife
Handed her over for marrage to Hortensius, he died she gained all his riches and remarried Cato
Classics
flashcards
Decks in class (9)
# Cards
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Classical Beliefs and Ideas: Politics of the Late Roman Republic49
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World of the Hero: Homer’s Iliad45
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World of the Hero: the Aeneid0
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Invention of the Barbarian: Aeschylus’ Persians0
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Invention of the Barbarian: Euripides’ Medea0
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Invention of the Barbarian: the Amazons0
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Cato30
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Cicero36
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Homers gods1
