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Lucan, writing under Nero, also made Cato the hero of the later books of his epic, the Pharsalia.

From the latter work originates the epigram, " Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni " (" The conquering cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato ", Lucan 1. 128 ).

Other Imperial authors such as Horace, the Tiberian authors Velleius Paterculus and Valerius Maximus along with Lucan and Seneca in the 1st century AD and later authors such as Appian and Dio celebrated the historical importance of Cato the Younger in their own writings.