Life
He was the brother of Porcia Catonis, who was first married to Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (co-consul with Caesar in 59 BC), and later married their half-cousin (on the maternal side) Marcus Junius Brutus. He fought in the battle of Thapsus, and after the defeat by Caesar's forces his father Cato committed suicide. Julius Caesar pardoned young Cato and allowed him to keep his father's property.
Despite being pardoned by Caesar and allowed to return home, Cato joined his brother-in-law Brutus and ally Gaius Cassius Longinus in the assassination of Caesar. They fled Rome for Greece where Cato fought in both of the battles of Philippi. Cato was killed at the second battle of Philippi in 42 BC. According to Plutarch, as the army of the Liberators routed, he refused to retreat, and instead charged into the enemy ranks, allegedly without helmet or armor. Cato was renowned for being a man of gallantry and warm temperament.
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