[Nateman]

After the final defeat of the forces of the dissenting Senate , Caesar's Triumph parade had a float depicting his victory over Cato. People cried seeing it . Caesar realized he had made a mistake to have included it.

It was the legendary valor and integrity of Cato that inspired Washington to become his equal if not greater.

[Jacquerie]

Cato, a Tragedy, was a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712.

Set in the Roman Republic during the reign of Julius Caesar, the play centers on the final days of the Stoic Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, a man of virtue who fiercely opposed Caesar.

It was admired by the revolutionary generation and regularly viewed by George Washington.