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Cato the Younger

95 BC - 46 BC

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Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ("of Utica"; , KAY-toe; 95 BC – April 46 BC), also known as Cato the Younger (Latin: Cato Minor), was an influential conservative Roman senator during the late Republic. A staunch advocate for liberty and the preservation of the Republic’s principles, he dedicated himself to protecting the traditional Roman values he believed were in decline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cato the Younger has received more than 2,528,203 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Cato the Younger is the 884th most popular politician (down from 877th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Italy (down from 376th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Italian Politician.

Cato the Younger is most famous for his speeches against Julius Caesar.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cato the Younger ranks 884 out of 19,576Before him are Li Si, Empress Gi, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Donald Tusk, Halime Sultan, and Merovech. After him are Anne of Brittany, Yaśodharā, Henry I of England, Frederick VI of Denmark, Tiberius Gracchus, and Jozef Tiso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 95 BC, Cato the Younger ranks 1After him are Pharnaces II of Pontus, Cleopatra VI of Egypt, Titus Annius Milo, and Servius Sulpicius Galba. Among people deceased in 46 BC, Cato the Younger ranks 2Before him is Vercingetorix. After him are Juba I of Numidia, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Lucius Afranius, Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Gaius Memmius, and Mithridates I of the Bosporus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cato the Younger ranks 384 out of 5,161Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Pope Sixtus III (390), Alberto Moravia (1907), Pope Leo IV (790), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), and Nero Claudius Drusus (-38). After him are Cesare Maldini (1932), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Nino Rota (1911), Camillo Golgi (1843), Pope John I (470), and Pope Stephen I (200).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Cato the Younger ranks 56Before him are Enrico Dandolo (1107), Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46), Roger II of Sicily (1095), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), Amadeo I of Spain (1845), and Gordian III (225). After him are Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Ancus Marcius (-675), Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), Petronius Maximus (396), Charles I of Hungary (1288), and Geta (189).