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Life of Marcus Cato
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28(1). Marcus Cato belonged to a family that, it is said, came from Tusculum. Before he embarked on his military and political career, however, he resided in and supported himself by means of an ancestral estate in the territory of the Sabines. Although his ancestors are generally regarded as having been entirely without distinction, Cato himself extols the bravery and martial expertise of his father Marcus and he claims that his paternal great-grandfather often won prizes for valor and on five occasions, when his charger was killed out from under him in battle, he was awarded from the public treasury the cost of the steed on account of his ...
Title: Life of Marcus Cato
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28(1).
Marcus Cato belonged to a family that, it is said, came from Tusculum.
Before he embarked on his military and political career, however, he resided in and supported himself by means of an ancestral estate in the territory of the Sabines.
Although his ancestors are generally regarded as having been entirely without distinction, Cato himself extols the bravery and martial expertise of his father Marcus and he claims that his paternal great-grandfather often won prizes for valor and on five occasions, when his charger was killed out from under him in battle, he was awarded from the public treasury the cost of the steed on account of his .
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