Rome's Last Citizen

He was Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier who slept on the ground with his troops, a Stoic philosopher and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition who inspired early Christianity: He was Marcus Porcius Cato - Cato the Younger. Cato's life is a gripping tale rich with resonances for our own turbulent politics. Cato grappled with homegrown terrorists, a public and private debt crisis, a yawning gap between rich and poor, and a fractious ruling class whose lives took on the dimensions of soap opera. He relentlessly opposed the rise of Julius Caesar, but his stubborness led to the eventual fall of the Roman Republic. This is the story of this uncompromising man's formation in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic.