Gaius Porcius Cato, Tribune 56 BCE

[@skyfall9124]

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[@MarkVrem]

the Great Great Grandson part was pretty interesting. from a time-distance perspective. In a way the way today we look at the American Civil War Caesar, and Pompeii would be looking at Hannibal and the second punic war. And in a time-distance way the way we look at the American Revolution, Caesar would be seeing the Pyrrhic wars and the wars with the Latins/Celts etc. Altho to be fair the way most people look at those events is a big blur a long time ago.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Wow pretty deep

[@Hugh_Morris]

Good stuff as always mate. Had your Basil II series on repeat these past few days getting immersed in that world of Eastern Rome

[@Kootykid]

great educational lecture as always, thanks mate!

[@T.S.Birkby]

Gaius is the Fredo of the Cato family

[@beepboop204]

excited beeping and booping noises

[@alanpennie8013]

A sad story. Probably pretty representative of most Roman political careers.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

He was the Billy Carter of his age

[@nestorvargas2399]

Rip Cato...(not THAT Cato)

[@decimusausoniusmagnus5719]

Very based, if I may say so myself.

[@MarkVrem]

Crassus is gonna Make Rome Great Again!

[@HxH2011DRA]

A Cato is always a clown

[@deminidze]

Once i've learnt about Plato's (it's also well discussed in Polybius or maybe other historians/philosophers? i cant remember that for sure sry ok?) view about political structures (democracy-ohlocracy, aristocracty-oligarchy, monarchy-tyranny) i realised that in fact every government sucks. Republican Rome sucked in a different way that imperial did, so seeing such opportunists like this Gaius doesnt wonder me much ... well i actually forgot what i was heading to so yeah ... atleast Regulus failed, since his flimsy adventures are off-limit to the Senatorial Rome ... yeah ... but there wont be any Ceasar the Bulgarslayer in Republican Rome

[@henkstersmacro-world]

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