Cato was born in 95 BC, the son of Marcus Porcius Cato and his wife, Livia. His parents died when he was young, and he was cared for by his maternal uncle, Marcus Livius Drusus, who also looked after Cato's sister

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After receiving his inheritance, Cato moved from his uncle's house and began to study Stoic philosophy and politics. He began to live in a very modest way,

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On his return to Rome in 65 BC, Cato was elected to the position of quaestor. As with everything else in his life, Cato took unusual care to study the background necessary for the post,

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After the Catiline conspiracy, Cato turned all of his political skills to oppose the designs of Caesar and his triumvirate allies, Pompey

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Publius Clodius Pulcher, who worked closely with the triumvirate, desired to exile Cicero, and felt that Cato's presence would complicate his efforts. He, with the support of the triumvirs, proposed to send Cato to annex Cyprus. Plutarch recounts that Cato saw the

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The triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus was broken in 54 BC at the same time as Cato's election as praetor. Judging their enemy in trouble, Cato and the Optimates faction of the

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In Utica, Cato did not participate in the battle and, unwilling to live in a world led by Caesar and refusing even implicitly to grant Caesar the power to

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