Cato I: A Strange Boy
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Episode 1 of the Life of Cato the Younger, Rome's great Stoic statesman.
In this episode:
- Cato's earliest years and the murder of his uncle
- His first encounter with Sulla as a precocious youth
- Cato establishes his reputation: in military service and as Quaestor
- A Principled stand against Julius Caesar
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