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Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and first performed on 14 April 1713. It is based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (better known as Cato the Younger) (95–46 BC), a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric and resistance to the tyranny of Julius Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty.
Meanwhile, Cato meets Sempronius' daughter, Julia, and the two fall in love after an uneasy start. After a rebel bombardment, the loyalist food stores are all but destroyed. Cato attempts to bluff Artaxes into standing down, however before Artaxes can respond, Longinus arrives with two legions and several auxiliary units.
Meanwhile, Sempronius, a senator, and Syphax, a general of the Numidians, are conspiring secretly against Cato, hoping to prevent the Numidian army from supporting him. In the final act, Cato commits suicide, leaving his followers to make their peace with the approaching army of Caesar – an easier task after Cato's death, since he was Caesar ...
Marcus Porcius Cato (/ ˈ k ɑː t oʊ /, KAH-toe; 234–149 BC), also known as Cato the Censor (Latin: Censorius), the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, senator, and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization. [1] He was the first to write history in Latin with his Origines, a now fragmentary work on the ...
Sempronius, the nomen of the Roman gens Sempronia; Sempronius, a character in the play The Apple Cart; Sempronius, New York; Sempronius, Texas; Sempronius Stretton, a British Army officer and artist; Sempronius H. Boyd, U.S. Congressman from Missouri and U.S. Civil War Colonel. Sempronius, a fictional Roman senator in Cato, a Tragedy by Joseph ...
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was born in 163 or 162 BC. [1] He was, from birth, a member of the Roman Republic's aristocracy. [2] His homonymous father was part of one of Rome's leading families. He served as consul for 177 [3] and 163 BC, [4] and was elected censor in 169. [5]
Sempronius Densus was a centurion in the Praetorian Guard in the 1st century. He was bodyguard to the emperor's heir , Piso Licinianus , and is remembered by history for his courage and loyalty in singlehandedly defending his charge from scores of armed assassins, while all his comrades deserted or switched sides.
Sempronius is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. [3] The population was 895 at the 2010 census. [4] The town was named after a Roman military and political leader by Robert Harpur, a clerk interested in the classics. Sempronius is in the southeastern part of the county, southeast of Auburn.