" Marcus Caton �tait originaire de Tusculum. On dit qu'avant de servir dans les arm�es et de s'occuper de l'administration des affaires, il vivait sur des terres du pays des Sabins, qu'il avait h�rit�es de son p�re. Ses anc�tres passaient � Rome pour gens parfaitement obscurs; mais Caton loue lui-m�me son p�re Marcus, comme un homme de coeur et un bon militaire; il rapporte que Caton, son a�eul, avait obtenu plusieurs fois des prix de bravoure, et, qu'ayant perdu dans des combats cinq chevaux de bataille, on lui en paya la valeur aux frais du public, en r�compense de son courage. C'�tait la coutume des Romains d'appeler hommes nouveaux ceux qui ne tiraient pas leur illustration de leur race, et qui commen�aient par eux-m�mes � se faire conna�tre. Ils donn�rent donc � Caton le nom d'homme nouveau; pour lui, il disait que, s'il �tait nouveau � l'�gard des honneurs et de la r�putation, il �tait tr�s-ancien par les exploits et les vertus de ses anc�tres. Son troisi�me nom, dans les premiers temps, n'�tait pas Caton, mais Priscus; ce n'est que post�rieurement que son esprit d�li� lui valut le surnom de Caton; car les Romains appellent Caton l'homme qui s'entend aux affaires..."

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Plutarque, n� � Ch�ron�e en B�otie vers 46 et mort vers 125, est un philosophe, biographe, moraliste, et penseur majeur de la Rome antique.

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