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Cato (the Younger)

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Politician

The Resume

    (95 BC-46 BC)
    Born in Rome, Italy
    Real name: Marcus Porcinus Cato Uticensis
    Roman politician and stoic philosopher
    Great-grandson of Cato the Elder

Why he might be annoying:

    He was extraordinarily hard-headed as a child, and at age fourteen, offered to kill Roman dictator Sulla.
    He divorced his first wife for unseemly public behavior.
    He divorced his second wife (and mother of his children) and had her marry his best friend for political reasons. After his friend died, he took her back.
    He could be a real prig.
    He could be just as devious and ruthless as any other politician when he needed to be.
    He screwed up his first attempt at suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach when he missed all the vital organs and finished himself off by pulling his guts out. Ouch!!!

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was literally completely fearless.
    He was a very private person who tried to live cheaply and simply according to his Stoic ideals.
    His personal honesty in a time and place of widespread (and expected) corruption was literally legendary.
    Both his parents died when he was very young and the uncle who then adopted him was murdered when he was four.
    He opposed the First Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Pompey and Marcus Crassus and their attempt to establish a dictatorship.
    Although not a soldier by trade, he successfully commanded a legion in Greece being much loved by his troops and successfully defended the port of Dyrrhachium from an attack by Caesar.
    After his side's defeat in the Roman Civil War, he committed suicide rather than face public humiliation and death at the hands of his enemies.
    He has been held up as an example of a true public servant and hero since his death.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying