Cato vs. The Catiline Conspiracy
<p>Rome’s greatest orator pointed his finger at Cato the Younger and said, “Do you not see a storm coming?”</p>
<p>Marcus Tullius Cicero was consul for the year 63 BC, and thanks to the aforementioned storm, was a virtual dictator. But he had a number of problems, and he was going to use Cato the Younger to try and solve them.</p>
<p>Here’s the thing: it wasn’t just one storm.</p>
<p>The slave revolt of Spartacus had been put down, with crucified rebels lining each side of the Appian Way from Rome to Capua like grisly streetlights. The rogue general Sertorius had been deposed from his fiefdom in Spain. In short order, all of Rome’s mortal threats were gone.</p>
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