100 - Cato I: A Strange Boy

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Thanks Reid Powers - who sponsors this episode in honor of his father, the late Bill Powers, past president of UT Austin.

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

On this centennial episode, I'd like to thank all of my listeners and patrons. On to the next hundred!