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Cato the Censor: Rome's Moral Crusader
In this episode of The Story of Italy, Lucas and Luna dive into the life and legacy of Marcus Porcius Cato, better known as Cato the Censor. A relentless moral crusader, Cato fought to preserve Rome's traditional values against what he saw as creeping Hellenistic decadence. We explore his rise from a Sabine farm to the consulship, his famous campaign to destroy Carthage ('Carthago delenda est'), and his censorship marked by heavy taxes on luxury and expulsion of Greek philosophers. We also uncover his role in Roman literature as the author of 'De Agri Cultura' and his…
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