Also, in June 45 BC, Brutus divorced his wife and married his first cousin, Porcia Catonis, Cato's daughter.

Servilia appears to have deeply resented the marriage of Brutus to his cousin Porcia Catonis, Cato's daughter, in 45 BC, as it caused a semi-scandal due to Brutus ' unexplained and unreasonable rejection of Claudia Pulchra.

Plutarch, who had the works of Cato before him, but was careless in dates, did not observe that the estimation of Livy would take back Cato's 17th year to 222, when there was not a Carthaginian in Italy, whereas the computation of Cicero would make the truth of Cato's statement in harmony with the date of Hannibal's first invasion.

The latter relates that Scipio, who was disgusted by Cato's severity, was actually appointed to succeed him, but, not being able to secure from the senate a vote of censure upon the administration of his rival, passed the time of his command in total inactivity.

Libertarian economist Murray Rothbard was a core member of Cato's founding group and coined the institute's name.

When it was Cato's time to speak during the debate, he began one of his characteristically long-winded speeches.

The move was unpopular with many senators and Caesar, realizing his mistake, soon ordered Cato's release.

The day was wasted without the Senate ever getting to vote on a motion supporting the bill, but Caesar eventually circumvented Cato's opposition by taking the measure to the Tribal Assembly, where it passed.

He was a hero of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, " the best-read and most widely regarded pamphleteers of prerevolutionary times ," whose " Cato's Letters ( after which the modern libertarian think tank the Cato Institute is named )" adopted Sidney's argument that " free men always have the right to resist tyrannical government.

His parents died when he was young, and he was cared for by his maternal uncle Marcus Livius Drusus, who also looked after Quintus Servilius Caepio, Servilia Caepionis Maior, and Servilia Caepionis Minor from Livia's first marriage ( though Quintus Servilius Caepio was generally known to be Cato's full brother ), as well as Porcia ( Cato's full sister ), and Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus ( Livius ' adopted son ).

Cato took the paper from his hands and read it, discovering that it was a love letter from Caesar's mistress Servilia Caepionis, Cato's half-sister.

While Cato was married to Marcia, the renowned orator Q Hortensius Hortalus, who was Cato's admirer and friend, desired a connection to Cato's family and asked for the hand of Porcia, Cato's eldest daughter.

Caesar's consular colleague was Marcus Bibulus, the husband of Cato's daughter Porcia.

* The Roman sumptuary law, the Lex Oppia, which restricts not only a woman's wealth, but also her display of wealth, is repealed despite consul Marcus Porcius Cato's strong opposition.

Cato's scholars also advocate positions that are appealing to many on the left side of the American political spectrum, including support for civil liberties, liberal immigration policies, equal rights for gays and lesbians, and drug liberalization.

Plutarch also tells a story about Cato's peers ' immense respect for him, even at a young age, during the Roman ritual military game, called " Troy ", in which all aristocratic teenagers participated as a sort of " coming of age " ceremony, involving a mock battle with wooden weapons performed on horseback.

Cato also prosecuted Sulla's informers, who had acted as head-hunters during Sulla's dictatorship, despite their political connections among Cato's own party and despite the power of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, who had been known as the " teenage butcher " for his service under Sulla.

Sallust also wrote a comparison between Cato and Caesar ( Cato's long-time rival-Caesar was praised for his mercy, compassion, and generosity, while Cato for his discipline, rigidity, and moral integrity ).

Cato personally detested Caesar, and was his greatest enemy in the Senate ; Cato's political faction, the Optimates ( also known as the Boni ), believed that Caesar should return to Rome, in order for the Optimates to strip him of his property and dignitas, and permanently exile Caesar.

Groove Armada first formed in the mid-1990s after they had been introduced by Cato's girlfriend and soon started their own club, also called Groove Armada, after a 1970s discothèque.

The Institute is named after Cato's Letters, a series of British essays penned in the early 18th century by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon expounding the political views of philosopher John Locke, that had a strong influence on the American Revolution's intellectual environment.

Its periodicals include Cato's Letter, Cato Journal, Regulation, Cato Supreme Court Review, and Cato Policy Report.

Replying, Cato vice president for research Brink Lindsey agreed that libertarians and liberals should view each other as natural ideological allies, but noted continuing differences between mainstream liberal views on economic policy and Cato's " Jeffersonian philosophy.

Cato's non-interventionist foreign policy views, and strong support for civil liberties, have frequently led Cato scholars to criticize those in power, both Republican and Democratic.

Based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, it deals with, inter alia, such themes as individual liberty versus government tyranny, Republicanism versus Monarchism, logic versus emotion and Cato's personal struggle to cleave to his beliefs in the face of death.

For example, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon were inspired by the play to write a series of letters, Cato's Letters on individual rights, using the name " Cato ".

In the final act, Cato commits suicide, leaving his supporters to make their peace with the approaching Caesar — an easier task after Cato's death, since he has been Caesar's most implacable foe.

Convinced by Cato's argument, the senate approved Cicero's proposal, and after the conspirators had been executed, the greater portion of Catilina's army quit the field, much as Cato had predicted.

Denied the hand of Porcia, Hortensius then suggested that he marry Cato's wife Marcia, on the grounds that she had already given Cato heirs.

Between Hortensius ' death in 50 BC and Cato's leaving Italy with Pompey in 49 BC, Cato took Marcia and her children into his household again.

After Cato's death, both pro-and anti-Cato treatises appeared ; amongst them Cicero wrote a panegyric, entitled Cato, to which Caesar ( who never forgave him for all the obstructions ) answered with his Anti-Cato.

Plutarch specifically mentions the accounts of Cato's close friend Munatius Rufus and that of the later Neronian senator Thrasea Paetus as references used for parts of his biography of Cato.

Based on the last days of Cato the Younger, it deals with such themes as individual liberty vs. government tyranny, republicanism vs. monarchism, logic vs. emotion and Cato's personal struggle to cleave to his beliefs in the face of death.

* The Cato Institute, a libertarian American think-tank that derives its name indirectly ( through Cato's Letters ) from Cato the Younger.

Cato's books include: Green Grows The Vine, Brown Sugar and All The Rivers Run, which was made into a TV mini-series All the Rivers Run.

Ayn Rand Institute board member John Allison spoke at the Cato Club 200 Retreat in September 2012, contributed " The Real Causes of the Financial Crisis " to Cato's Letter, and spoke at Cato's Monetary Conference in November, 2011.

Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march.

On Cato's return to Rome, Aemilius Paulus succeeds him as Roman governor in Spain.

:" Cato's long wig, flower'd gown, and lacquer'd chair.

In order to determine the date of Cato's birth, we consider the records as to his age at the time of his death, which is known to have happened in 149 BC.

There is some discrepancy among experts as to the events of Cato's early military life.

In the surrounding area of Cato's Sabine farm were the lands of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, a young nobleman of significant influence, and high patrician family.

Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Scipio Africanus and his family, and Titus Quinctius Flamininus, may be taken as instances of the new civilization ; Cato's friends, Fabius and Flaccus, were the leading men in the faction defending the old plainness.

He had observed Cato's martial spirit and eloquent tongue.

Livy says not a word of Cato's interference in this matter, but mentions the bitterness with which Fabius blamed Scipio of corrupting military discipline and of having illegally left his province to take the town of Locri.

Cato's enmity dated from the African campaign when he quarrelled with Scipio for his lavish distribution of the spoil amongst the troops, and his general luxury and extravagance.

Some have argued that if it were not for the impact of Cato's writing, Latin might have been supplanted by Greek as the literary language of Rome.

* Probably Cato's most important work, Origines, in seven books, related the history of the Italian towns, with special attention to Rome, from their legendary or historical foundation to his own day.

* Cato's De Agricultura: Latin text, English translation, information on the manuscripts, prefatory material.

In Cato's De Agricultura an offering to Mars Silvanus is described, to ensure the health of cattle ; it is stated there that his connection with agriculture referred only to the labour performed by men, and that females were excluded from his worship.

Cato's foreign policy team have frequently criticized neoconservative foreign policy, albeit the opposition to neo-conservative foreign policy has not always been uniform.