A post-scriptum on our story where we discuss the fortunes of Caesar's adopted heir and Cato's children, Porcia and Marcus Junior. Afterwards, I share some deep reflections on this part of history, how it was told to me in the past and any careful lessons we may draw.  

Sources 

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)

The Gallic War - Julius Caesar (Folio Society) trans. S.A Handford and Jane F. Gardner

The Civil War – Julius Caesar (Oxford Classics) trans. John Carter

 The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)

The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)

Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius 

Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger – Plutarch trans. Rex Warner

Pharsalia – Lucan

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Julius Caesar and the Roman People – Robert Morstein-Marx

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome – Guy de la Bedoyere

Roman World War - Giusto Traina

Fiction

Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) – Robert Harris

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

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