SOURCE: Plutarch, "Marcus Cato," in Plutarch's Lives, pp. 516-42.
Plutarch's life of Cato has supplied the definitive biography, relied upon by centuries of scholars. Although certain details have been disputed, the comprehensiveness of the account furnishes a very full portrait of Cato's character. Plutarch's death is used to date this essay, since the exact composition date is not known.
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