Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (95 BC,
Rome – April 46 BC,
Utica), commonly known as
Cato the Younger (
Cato Minor) to distinguish him from his great-grandfather (
Cato the Elder), was a politician and statesman in the late
Roman Republic, and a follower of the
Stoic philosophy. A noted
orator, he is remembered for his stubbornness and tenacity (especially in his lengthy conflict with
Julius Caesar), as well as his immunity to
bribes, his moral integrity, and his famous distaste for the ubiquitous
corruption of the period.