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Plutarch on the Lex Gabinia of 67 BC awarding Pompey the command against the pirates
‘not so much a mere naval command, more a full-blown autocracy’
Plutarch on what Cato said to Cicero mocking his Stoicism during the Murena Trial 63 BC
‘My friends, what a witty consul we have’
Plutarch on Cato’s failed attempt for the consulship in 51 BC
‘While the people might have applauded Cato for his moral integrity… this did not translate to votes for his consulship’
Plutarch on Cato’s appearance after the start of the Civil War
‘maintained the same appearance of sorrow, dejection and heaviness in spirit’
Plutarch on Caesar’s legislation as consul in 59 BC
‘designed to please the masses’
Gwynn (2012) on Cicero’s political ideals
‘His state was an ideal, not a reality’
Speake (1994) on Cato’s values
‘He was wedded to tradition and rectitude’
Bispham (2018) on Cato’s attitude
‘Very moral, very upright, very inflexible’