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Cato, Marcus Portius (2)

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reat-grandson of the former, and a somewhat pedantic second edition of him; fortified himself by study of the Stoic philosophy; conceived a distrust of the public men of the day, Cæsar among the number; preferred Pompey to him, and sided with him; after Pompey's defeat retired to Utica, whence his surname, and stabbed himself to death rather than fall into the hands of Cæsar (95-46 B.C.).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Cato, Marcus Portius (2)'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/cato-marcus-portius-2.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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