100 - Cato I: A Strange Boy
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Join us in Austin for the Cost of Glory Men's Retreat. January 23-26.  Theme: Caesar  https://costofglory.com/retreat Thanks Reid Powers - who sponsors this episode in honor of his father, the late Bill Powers, past president of UT Austin. Episode 1 of the Life of Cato the Younger, Rome's great Stoic statesman. In this episode: Cato's earliest years and the murder of his uncleHis first encounter with Sulla as a precocious youthCato establishes his reputation: in military service and as QuaestorA Principled stand against Julius CaesarOn this centennial episode, I'd like to thank all of my listeners and patrons. On to the next hundred!
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