Cato

Question 1

What philosophy did cato follow

Answer 1

Stoic

Question 2

When did Cato become military tribune

Answer 2

68BC

Question 3

What was unusual about Catos running for Tribune

Answer 3

Didnt use bribery

Question 4

Where was Cato in command of a legion in 67 BC

Answer 4

Macedon

Question 5

What was Central to Catos political belief

Answer 5

Preserve Romes culturally defining ancestral customs

Question 6

How did Cato show his strong sense of amicitia and loyalty, regarding his second wife Marcia

Answer 6

Offered her to Hortensius whose marriage had remained childless, she later returned to live with Cato after his death

Question 7

When did Cato support the prosecution of Murena and on what grounds

Answer 7

63 BC on the grounds of excessive bribery

Question 8

How was Cato unsuccesful in the prosecution of Murena

Answer 8

Murena was defended by Cicero who argued that it was not the time or place to despose of the consul who was elected for 62BC

Question 9

What laws did Cato pass in 60BC

Answer 9

Two decrees in an attempt to deal with the agents of bribery

Question 10

Why did Cato not get Consul in 51BC

Answer 10

Because of his refusal to resort to using bribery

Question 11

What 3 reasons did Cato have for being an Optimate

Answer 11

1. He came from a noble family, wanted to establish his status further through amicitia of marriage and political support
2. Optimates were dedicated to the duty of preserving the established state (appealed to the stoic beliefs)
3. They opposed the Populares who Cato thought embodied revolution

Question 12

What year was the Catiline Conspiracy

Answer 12

63BC

Question 13

What did Cato sway the senate to do with those involved with the Catiline Conspiracy

Answer 13

Have them put to death because attempted treason was the same as treason itself

Question 14

What year did cato hold tribune

Answer 14

62BC

Question 15

What could a tribune do

Answer 15

Veto and introduce new legislation in the Senate. Could also protect a plebian from unjust punishment + prosecute and administer sentances

Question 16

Who had restored the power of the tribunate in 70 BC as consuls

Answer 16

Crassus and Pompey

Question 17

What law did Cato introduce as tribune

Answer 17

reducing the price of grain and extending the corn dole to double the original eligible group

Question 18

Why did Cato hold Pompey in suspicion

Answer 18

Lack of Consideration for the cursus honorum

Question 19

How and in what year did the optimates openly show lack of support for Pompey

Answer 19

60BC - refused pompeys reasonable requests
1. Land allocated to his verterans
2. Treaties made in the east to be ratified

Question 20

Why did Cato support the proposal for pompey to be sole consul in 52 BC

Answer 20

He was seen as the lesser evil in the two remaining triumvirates.

Question 21

What proposal did Cato veto that Curio put forward in 50BC

Answer 21

Caesar and Pompey should hand over their imperium. 370 in favour, 22 against

Question 22

What did the Veto of Curios proposal ultimately lead to.

Answer 22

49 BC civil war

Question 23

In what year did Cato and the optimates refuse to allow Caesar campaign as consul in absence

Answer 23

60BC - Ceasar couldnt step foot in Rome whilst holding military tribune

Question 24

When and why did Cato commit suicide

Answer 24

46 BC after the defeat at Thapsus, Cato refused to submit to Caesars rule.