Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato the Younger by his first marriage to Atilia. He was the brother of Porcia Catonis, who was first married to Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (co-consul with Caesar in 59 BC), and later married their half-cousin (on the maternal side) Marcus Junius Brutus. He had fought in the battle of Thapsus with his father. They were defeated and his father Cato committed suicide. Julius Caesar pardoned young Cato and allowed him to keep his father's property. Despite being pardoned by Caesar and allowed to return home[1], Cato joined his brother-in-law Brutus and ally Gaius Cassius Longinus in the assassination of Caesar. They fled Rome for Greece where Cato fought in both of the battles of Philippi. Cato was killed at the second battle of Philippi in 42 BC. According to Plutarch, as the army of the Liberators routed, he refused to retreat, and instead charged into the enemy ranks, allegedly without helmet or armor. Cato was renowned for being a man of gallantry and warm temperament.
Family tree
- (1)=1st husband/wife
- (2)=2nd husband/wife
- x=assassin of Caesar
| Salonia (2) | Cato the Elder | Licinia (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus | Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus | Marcus Livius Drusus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Porcius Cato (2) | Livia Drusa | Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger(1) | Marcus Livius Drusus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atilia (1) | Cato the Younger | Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, adoptive son | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder (1) | Servilia Caepionis | Decimus Junius Silanus (2) | Servilia the younger | Quintus Servilius Caepio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porcia Catonis | Marcus Junius Brutus x | Junia Prima | Junia Tertia | Gaius Cassius Longinus x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Porcius Cato (II) | Junia Secunda | Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Descendant of Pompey the Great and Lucius Cornelius Sulla | Lepidus the Younger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manius Aemilius Lepidus | Aemilia Lepida II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
