Marcus Cato Scaevola

Marcus Cato Scaevola, also known by his political title throughout the Solar War and into the Twilight Age The Left Hand of the Consortium, is an American Senator and member of the Consortium's World Congress. He is an influential speaker who presents the case for the Consortium's entry into the Solar War circa SY 132 during the emergency session of World Congress called during the Second Battle of Mars.
He is moved to make the speech after being approached by several of the major corporations of the Consortium. They reveal that they have been building an arsenal of weapons for use in space under the guise of research and development. This information is unknown to either of the three political superpowers of the Consortium. 
The open application of this arsenal leads directly to the formation of the Protectorate.
Scaevola continues to live on Earth well into the Twilight Era. Together with Septimus Severus Gaiaus Quintus, he is one of the bulwarks of Earth leadership.
He dies in SY 182 at the age of eighty nine. Following his death, the Consortium is reorganized into Nova Roma, a Roman revivalist republic that would exist for the next fourteen years until it's dissolution at the hands of Antharchos Hypervincijovus Rex. 
== Legacy ==
Scaevola kept a diary his entire life. Posthumously published under the title Reflections, it became the most widely read text in Nova Roma. Within the pages Scaevola unfolds his profound optimism and New School thinking. Towards the end of his life, he outlined his thoughts about the abrupt dissolution of the Consortium: it was always meant to be, and is part of a now-recognized historical cycle with precedents in the fall of Rome, the razing of Byzantium, and the restructuring of the United States. For Scaevola, conflict is essential to ensure a strong humanity.Category:Twilight Era
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