PORC2241 M. Porcius (16) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (Uticensis)

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Mur. 56, [Acro.] Hor. Carm. 1.12, Eutrop. 6.23

Life Dates

  • 95, birth (Broughton MRR II)
  • 46, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Suicide.

Relationships

great grandson of
M. Porcius (9) M. f. Pap. Cato 'Censorius' (cos. 195) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Mur. 32, Cic. Mur. 66

grandson of
M. Livius (17) C. f. M. n. Drusus (cos. 112) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Fin. 4.66

son of
2 Livia (35) (daughter of M. Livius (17) C. f. M. n. Drusus (cos. 112)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Val. Max. III 1.2

M. Porcius (12) Pap.? Cato (tr. pl. 100 or 99) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 222, Cic. off. III 66, Gell XIII 20.17

brother of
Servilia (101) (daughter of Q. Servilius (50) Caepio (pr. before 90)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Scaur. 19C, Auct. vir. ill. 82.1, Plut. Cato min. 21.2, Plut. Cato min. 24.2, Plut. Pomp. 44.2

Q. Servilius (40-42) Caepio (q.? 67) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 1.1, Plut. Cato min. 3.2, Plut. Cato min. 3.5

Servilia (102) (daughter of Q. Servilius (40-42) Caepio (q.? 67)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 24.3(2), Plut. Cato min. 29.3

Porcia (27) (daughter of? M. Porcius (12) Pap.? Cato (tr. pl. 100 or 99)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 1.1

? Servilia (103) (daughter of Q. Servilius (40-42) Caepio (q.? 67)) (DPRR Team)
betrothed to
Aemilia (166) Lepida (married to Q. Caecilius (99) Q. f. Q. n. Fab. Metellus Pius Scipio = P. Cornelius (352) Scipio Nasica (cos. 52)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 7.1

married to
1 Atilia (79) (daughter of -. Atilius? (58) Serranus) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 7.3, Plut. Cato min. 9.1

2 Marcia (115) (daughter of L. Marcius (76) L. f. Q. n. Philippus (cos. 56)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Lucan II 326-391, Schol. Bern. Lucan II 330 p70f. Userner, Plut. Cato min. 25.1, Plut. Cato min. 25.4, Plut. Cato min. 37.4, Plut. Cato min. 39.4, Plut. Cato min. 52.3, Quintil. inst. X 5.13, Strab. XI 9.1 (515 C)

divorced from
1 Atilia (79) (daughter of -. Atilius? (58) Serranus) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 24.3(2)

father of
1 M. Porcius (13) Pap.? Cato (sen. 43) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 24.3(2)

1 Porcia (28) (daughter of M. Porcius (16) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (Uticensis) (pr. 54)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLIV 13.1, Plut. Caes. 62.1, Plut. Cato min. 24.3(2)

2 L.? Porcius (8) Cato (son of M. Porcius (16) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (Uticensis) (pr. 54)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cato min. 52.3(2)

2 Porcia (30) (daughter of M. Porcius (16) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (Uticensis) (pr. 54)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Val. Max. V 1.10

2 Porcia (29) (daughter of M. Porcius (16) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (Uticensis) (pr. 54)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

VM 5.1.10

uncle of
M. Iunius (53) M. f. Brutus = Q. Servilius Caepio Brutus (pr. 44) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 119, Cic. Orat. 41, Cic. Tusc. V 4

Career

  • Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis? 70 to 47 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Tribunus Militum 67 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 13 See Promagistrates, on Rubrius, and note 12. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Served under Rubrius in Macedonia (Plut. Cat. Min. 9-11; cf. Plin. NH 7.113-Solin. 1.122, p. 32 M; Val. Max. 4.3.2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor 64 Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 5 According to Drumann-Groebe (4.165-169) Cato's quaestorship should be dated in 65, and he made two trips to Asia, one before and one after his quaestorship. According to Plutarch (Cat. Min. 10-18, esp. 11.1, and 12.2) his first trip was a brief sojourn in Asia during his military tribunate in Macedonia, and his second, during which he travelled as far as Antioch, was subsequent to his military tribunate but before his return to run for office in Rome. This is supported by the fact that he waited until his return from his second trip to bring home the ashes of his half-brother Caepio. The first difficulty arises from Plutarch's statement that he met Pompey at Ephesus, and the second from the story of his reception at Antioch (cf. Plut. Pomp. 40). Pompey's presence at Ephesus is not attested until 62, when Cato was a Tribune of the Plebs in Rome. Pompey was in Pamphylia in late 67 when envoys came to him from the cities of Crete (Cic. Leg. Man. 35), and at some time in 66 apparently moved from Cilicia into Galatia and Pontus when given command against Mithridates (App. Mith. 97). As he had troops operating in Asia also (Cic. Leg. Man. 39) there is no reason why he might not have been in Ephesus at some intervening period. A moment early in his campaign is indicated, for he was eagerly collectii3,g young officers for his service (cf. Plut. Cat. Min. 14.3). The second point creates no difficulty, for it is now known that Marcius Rex reached Antioch in 67 or 66 (see 67, Promagistrates; G. Downey, CPh 32 [1937] 144-151), and therefore Cato's visit to Antioch can be earlier than 64. Furthermore, a date in 64 for his quaestorship accords better with the legal age for this magistracy in the post- Sullan period. The evidence for the date of his birth points to 95 B. C. (Plut. Cat. Min. 3, and 73; Liv. Per. 114). If he attained the quaestorship at the same age as Cicero, the most probable year is 64. See Mommsen, Str. 1.567-571. See also G. DOwney TAPhA 72 (1951) 149-163, on the time when members of Pompey's entourage might be found at Antioch. (Broughton MRR II)
    • As Quaestor he showed himself an active and thorough investigator of the public accounts (Plut. Cat. Min. 16- 18; Praec. Rei Pub. Ger. 13.24; Vit. Pud. 15; Dio 47.6.4). (Broughton MRR II)
    • To the evidence regarding the date of Cato's birth, add Cic. Fam. 16.22.1, de quadrimo Catone. Quaestor 64? According to the anecdote in Plut. Cat. Min. 16.3-6, Cato was in office as quaestor while C. Lutatius Catulus was still censor (see 65, Censors). Catulus and his colleague Crassus quarrelled soon after taking office, according to Plutarch (Crass. 13.1) about a proposal to annex Egypt, according to Dio (37.9.3) about admitting the Transpadanes to full citizenship, and resigned their office without accomplishing any of their other duties. If they were elected early in the year this evidence would favor a date in 65 rather than 64 for Cato's quaestorship. We do not know with certainty the time of year when censors were elected, although spring seems probable (Mommsen, StR 2.353), nor yet how long the deadlock between the censors lasted before they abdicated. They may well have been in office when Cato (if 64 is the correct date for the quaestorship) entered office on December 5, 65 ? and the fact that the anecdote refers to the beginning of Cato's quaestorship supports the later date - but resigned either before the end of the year or in time for other censors, whose efforts were equally futile, to be elected in the spring or summer of 64 (see MRR 2.165, note 5). See L. Renders, AC 8, 1939, 111-125. (RS, CP) Annexing of Cyprus, 58. His title of authority, as Balsdon has shown (JRS 52, 1962, 134-135; cf. Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 110-113), when he was sent under the law of Clodius to annex Cyprus was pro quaestore pro praetore. Badian rightly holds that his mandate was simply annexation of the island and seizure of the royal property, not the organization of Cyprus as a province. Propraetor with Metellus Scipio in Africa, 47-46. In MRR 2.289, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.473, no. 462, 47-46 B.C.[170x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Tribunus Plebis 62 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Sought election in order to oppose Metellus Nepos (Plut. Cat. Min. 20-21). As Tribune Designate he accused Murena of bribery (see above, Consuls), and by his speech in the Senate secured the decision in favor of putting the Catilinarian conspirators to death (Cic. Att. 12.2 1. 1; Sest. 12 and 62; Sall. Cat. 52-53; Plut. Cic. 21.3; Caes. 8; Cat. Min. 23; App. BC 2.6; Dio 37.36.2-3; see above, Consuls, on Silanus). As Tribune, he stood strongly in opposition to the proposals of Metellus Nepos (see above, on Nepos and Minucius), and with Marius carried a law regarding the requirements for triumphs (see above, on Marius). He influenced the Senate to cheapen the distributions of grain at a cost to the treasury of 1250 talents (Plut. Cat. Min. 26.1; Caes. 8.4; Praec. rei pub. ger. 24, 818D). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Proquaestor Pro Propraetore 58 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Appointed under a law of Clodius as Quaestor pro praetore (Vell. 2.45.4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 80.2; Liv. Per. 104) to annex Cyprus and restore exiles at Byzantium (Cic. Dom. 20-21 and 52-53 and 65; Sest. 56-57 and 59-61; Har. Resp. 59; Liv. Per. 104; Strabo 14. 6.6; Val. Max. 4.1.14; 8.15.10; 9.4, ext. 1; Vell. 2.45.4-5; Sen. Rhet. Contr. 6.4: 10.1.8; Plin. NH 7.113; 29.96; 34.92; Plut. Cat. Min. 34-40, cf. 7.2; Caes. 21; Pomp. 48; App. BC 2.23; Flor. 1.44; Dio 38.30, and 39.22-23; Auct. Vir. Ill. 80.2; Ruf. Fest. 13; Ammian. Marc. 14.8.15; Schol. Bob. 132-133 Stangl, Legatus). See R-G. 5. 176-179. (Broughton MRR II)
    • To the evidence regarding the date of Cato's birth, add Cic. Fam. 16.22.1, de quadrimo Catone. Quaestor 64? According to the anecdote in Plut. Cat. Min. 16.3-6, Cato was in office as quaestor while C. Lutatius Catulus was still censor (see 65, Censors). Catulus and his colleague Crassus quarrelled soon after taking office, according to Plutarch (Crass. 13.1) about a proposal to annex Egypt, according to Dio (37.9.3) about admitting the Transpadanes to full citizenship, and resigned their office without accomplishing any of their other duties. If they were elected early in the year this evidence would favor a date in 65 rather than 64 for Cato's quaestorship. We do not know with certainty the time of year when censors were elected, although spring seems probable (Mommsen, StR 2.353), nor yet how long the deadlock between the censors lasted before they abdicated. They may well have been in office when Cato (if 64 is the correct date for the quaestorship) entered office on December 5, 65 ? and the fact that the anecdote refers to the beginning of Cato's quaestorship supports the later date - but resigned either before the end of the year or in time for other censors, whose efforts were equally futile, to be elected in the spring or summer of 64 (see MRR 2.165, note 5). See L. Renders, AC 8, 1939, 111-125. (RS, CP) Annexing of Cyprus, 58. His title of authority, as Balsdon has shown (JRS 52, 1962, 134-135; cf. Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 110-113), when he was sent under the law of Clodius to annex Cyprus was pro quaestore pro praetore. Badian rightly holds that his mandate was simply annexation of the island and seizure of the royal property, not the organization of Cyprus as a province. Propraetor with Metellus Scipio in Africa, 47-46. In MRR 2.289, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.473, no. 462, 47-46 B.C.[170x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proquaestor Pro Propraetore 57 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Quaestor pro praetore in charge of the annexation of Cyprus and the restoration of the Byzantine exiles (see 58, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • To the evidence regarding the date of Cato's birth, add Cic. Fam. 16.22.1, de quadrimo Catone. Quaestor 64? According to the anecdote in Plut. Cat. Min. 16.3-6, Cato was in office as quaestor while C. Lutatius Catulus was still censor (see 65, Censors). Catulus and his colleague Crassus quarrelled soon after taking office, according to Plutarch (Crass. 13.1) about a proposal to annex Egypt, according to Dio (37.9.3) about admitting the Transpadanes to full citizenship, and resigned their office without accomplishing any of their other duties. If they were elected early in the year this evidence would favor a date in 65 rather than 64 for Cato's quaestorship. We do not know with certainty the time of year when censors were elected, although spring seems probable (Mommsen, StR 2.353), nor yet how long the deadlock between the censors lasted before they abdicated. They may well have been in office when Cato (if 64 is the correct date for the quaestorship) entered office on December 5, 65 ? and the fact that the anecdote refers to the beginning of Cato's quaestorship supports the later date - but resigned either before the end of the year or in time for other censors, whose efforts were equally futile, to be elected in the spring or summer of 64 (see MRR 2.165, note 5). See L. Renders, AC 8, 1939, 111-125. (RS, CP) Annexing of Cyprus, 58. His title of authority, as Balsdon has shown (JRS 52, 1962, 134-135; cf. Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 110-113), when he was sent under the law of Clodius to annex Cyprus was pro quaestore pro praetore. Badian rightly holds that his mandate was simply annexation of the island and seizure of the royal property, not the organization of Cyprus as a province. Propraetor with Metellus Scipio in Africa, 47-46. In MRR 2.289, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.473, no. 462, 47-46 B.C.[170x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proquaestor Pro Propraetore 56 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Quaestor pro praetore to annex Cyprus and restore the Byzantine exiles (see 57, Promagistrates). He returned in 56, having lost his carefully kept accounts upon the way, and defended, against Cicero, the legality of the Clodian legislation (Plut. Cat. Min. 38-40; 45.2; Dio 39.23; cf. Cic. Prov. Cons. 45; Val. Max. 4.1.14; 8.15.10; Senec. Rhet. Contr. 10.1.8). (Broughton MRR II)
    • To the evidence regarding the date of Cato's birth, add Cic. Fam. 16.22.1, de quadrimo Catone. Quaestor 64? According to the anecdote in Plut. Cat. Min. 16.3-6, Cato was in office as quaestor while C. Lutatius Catulus was still censor (see 65, Censors). Catulus and his colleague Crassus quarrelled soon after taking office, according to Plutarch (Crass. 13.1) about a proposal to annex Egypt, according to Dio (37.9.3) about admitting the Transpadanes to full citizenship, and resigned their office without accomplishing any of their other duties. If they were elected early in the year this evidence would favor a date in 65 rather than 64 for Cato's quaestorship. We do not know with certainty the time of year when censors were elected, although spring seems probable (Mommsen, StR 2.353), nor yet how long the deadlock between the censors lasted before they abdicated. They may well have been in office when Cato (if 64 is the correct date for the quaestorship) entered office on December 5, 65 ? and the fact that the anecdote refers to the beginning of Cato's quaestorship supports the later date - but resigned either before the end of the year or in time for other censors, whose efforts were equally futile, to be elected in the spring or summer of 64 (see MRR 2.165, note 5). See L. Renders, AC 8, 1939, 111-125. (RS, CP) Annexing of Cyprus, 58. His title of authority, as Balsdon has shown (JRS 52, 1962, 134-135; cf. Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 110-113), when he was sent under the law of Clodius to annex Cyprus was pro quaestore pro praetore. Badian rightly holds that his mandate was simply annexation of the island and seizure of the royal property, not the organization of Cyprus as a province. Propraetor with Metellus Scipio in Africa, 47-46. In MRR 2.289, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.473, no. 462, 47-46 B.C.[170x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Repulsa (Pr.) 55 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Praetor 54 repetundae, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Presided over the trials of Scaurus (Val. Max. 3.6.7; Ascon. 19, and 29 C), and of Gabinins for extortion (Cic. QF 3.1.15, cf. 4.1, probably another Cato; Att. 4.17.4; see 55, Promagistrates), opposed granting a triumph to Pomptinus (Cic. Att. 4.18.4; see Promagistrates), and during the scandals caused by bribery in the elections became the holder of a wager made by the tribunician candidates for their good conduct (Cic. Att. 4.15.7; QF 2.14.4; Senec. Epp. 104.30; Plut. Cat. Min. 44.2-7; cf. Plin. NH pref. 9). (Broughton MRR II)
    • To the evidence regarding the date of Cato's birth, add Cic. Fam. 16.22.1, de quadrimo Catone. Quaestor 64? According to the anecdote in Plut. Cat. Min. 16.3-6, Cato was in office as quaestor while C. Lutatius Catulus was still censor (see 65, Censors). Catulus and his colleague Crassus quarrelled soon after taking office, according to Plutarch (Crass. 13.1) about a proposal to annex Egypt, according to Dio (37.9.3) about admitting the Transpadanes to full citizenship, and resigned their office without accomplishing any of their other duties. If they were elected early in the year this evidence would favor a date in 65 rather than 64 for Cato's quaestorship. We do not know with certainty the time of year when censors were elected, although spring seems probable (Mommsen, StR 2.353), nor yet how long the deadlock between the censors lasted before they abdicated. They may well have been in office when Cato (if 64 is the correct date for the quaestorship) entered office on December 5, 65 ? and the fact that the anecdote refers to the beginning of Cato's quaestorship supports the later date - but resigned either before the end of the year or in time for other censors, whose efforts were equally futile, to be elected in the spring or summer of 64 (see MRR 2.165, note 5). See L. Renders, AC 8, 1939, 111-125. (RS, CP) Annexing of Cyprus, 58. His title of authority, as Balsdon has shown (JRS 52, 1962, 134-135; cf. Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 110-113), when he was sent under the law of Clodius to annex Cyprus was pro quaestore pro praetore. Badian rightly holds that his mandate was simply annexation of the island and seizure of the royal property, not the organization of Cyprus as a province. Propraetor with Metellus Scipio in Africa, 47-46. In MRR 2.289, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.473, no. 462, 47-46 B.C.[170x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 755, footnote 475 (Brennan 2000)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 51 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Promagistrate 49 Sicilia, Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He received command of Sicily, probably pro praetore, but at the coming of Pollio and Curio yielded the province to avoid bloodshed and destruction (Cic. Att. 7.15.2; 10.12.2, and 12A.2, and 16.3; Caes. BC 1.30.2 and 4-5; Plut. Cat. Min. 53; Pomp. 61; App. BC 2.40; Dio 41.4 1. 1, cf. 18. 1; Oros. 6.15.7). He joined Pompey, and assisted in the assembling of his fleet, but Bibulus was appointed to command it (Plut. Cat. Min. 53-54; cf. Cic. Phil. 13.29-30; see above, on Bibulus). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Promagistrate 48 Sicilia, Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably continued to hold the imperium (see 49, Promagistrates; Plut. Cat. Min. 54; Caes. 41). In charge at Dyrrachium at the time of the battle of Pharsalus, he accepted the command that Cicero refused, and departed intending to join Pompey (Cic. Div. 1.68-69; 2.114; Plut. Cic. 39.1; Cat. Min. 55-56; App. BC 2.87; Dio 42.10, and 13), but hearing of his death put in at Cyrene, and with great difficulty made his way to Africa (Liv. Per. 112; Plut. Cat. Min. 56; App. BC 2.87; Dio 42.13.4-5; cf. Vell. 2.54; Lucan 9.1-949). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Moneyer? 47 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 462 (RRC)
  • Propraetor 47 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Propraetor with Scipio in Africa (Grueber, CRRBM 2.574f.; see 49, 48, and 46, Promagistrates), and received special charge of the city of Utica (Bell. Afr. 22.1; Liv. Per. 113; Plut. Cat. Min. 57-58; Dic, 42.56-57). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis 46 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Propraetor 46 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Propraetor in Africa with the Pompeians (Grueber, CRRBM 2.574-575). He had charge of Utica, and committed suicide there after the battle of Thapsus rather than submit to Caesar (Bell. Afr. 22, and 36.1, and 88-89, and 93.3; Liv. Per. 114; Plut. Cat. Min. 58-72; Caes. 54; App. BC 2.98-99; Flor. 2.13.70-72; Auct. Vir. Ill. 80.4; Oros. 6.16.4; Augustin. CD 1.23; cf. Cic. Fam. 9.18.2; Pusc. 1.74; Off. 1. 112). For a full citation of the sources on the death of Cato, see D.-G. 3.516f., 538-542; 5.195f. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Moneyer? 46 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 462 (RRC)