He was Rome\'s bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition: this is the story of Marcus Porcius Cato.
Dante, in his Divine Comedy, chose Cato to preside over the souls who arrive in Purgatory..
Saint Augustine and the early Christians were moved and challenged by his example.
Centuries of thinkers, writers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Cato\'s Stoic courage.
His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own Life rather than live under a dictator.
This is more than a biography: it is a study of how a reputation lasted through the centuries from the end of one republic to the start of another.--David Frum, DailyBeast columnist, former White House speech writer, and New York Times bestselling author of The Right Man Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past--and the Last man standing when Rome\'s Republic fell to tyranny.
Rome\'s Last Citizen entertainingly restores to Life the stoic Roman who inspired George Washington, Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale.
What most impresses me is the book\'s ability to reach through the confusing dynastic politics of the late Roman Republic to present social realities in a way intelligible to the modern reader.
With erudition and verve, Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni turn their Life of Cato into the most modern of biographies, a blend of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Game Change.--Howard Fineman, Editorial Director of The Huffington Post Media Group, NBC and MSNBC News Analyst, and New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteen American Arguments A truly outstanding piece of work.
His Life and lessons are urgently relevant in the harshly divided America--and world--of today.
He loved Roman republicanism, but saw himself as too principled for the mere politics that might have saved it.
Cato, history\'s most famous foe of authoritarian power, was the pivotal political man of Rome; an inspiration to our Founding Fathers; and a cautionary figure for our times.
The first biography of Cato is a gripping tale rich with resonances for current politics.
He was Rome\'s bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition: this is the story of Marcus Porcius Cato
