Rome's Last Citizen
Subtitle: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
By: Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni
Contributors: Soni, Jimmy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780312681234; 9781250013583
Subjects: Orators; Statesmen; Biography; History
Other titles: Life and legacy of Cato, mortal enemy of Caesar
Description: This biography of Marcus Cato the Younger -- Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition -- is rich with resonances for current politics and contemporary notions of freedom.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: War games; title: The pillar; title: "Our slaves tower above us"; title: The first command; title: The swamp; title: "Do you not see a storm coming?"; title: Men of the people; title: Creating the monster; title: Go east and take; title: Cato the prophet; title: Ultimatum; title: Pompey's ring; title: Alone; title: Cato in purgatory; title: Cato the revolutionary; title: Epilogue: forgotten but not gone.