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Marcus Porcius Cato (pr. 54) edit

Better known as Cato the Younger. Praetor in 54 BCE

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Career

  1. Quaestor edit

    As Quaestor he showed himself an active and thorough investigator of the public accounts (a).

  2. Praetor ·Quaestio de repetundis edit

    Presided over the trials of Scaurus (a), and of Gabinins for extortion (b; see 55, Promagistrates), opposed granting a triumph to Pomptinus (Cic. Att. 4.18.4; see Promagistrates), and during the scandals caused by bribery in the elections became the holder of a wager made by the tribunician candidates for their good conduct (c).

Family

No family relations recorded.

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