Cato. A modernized version of Joseph Addison's 'Cato, a Tragedy' in a 3 Act Format

The action of the play involves the forces of Cato at Utica, located in the kingdom of Numidia (current day Tunisia/Algeria region of Northern Africa). Cato, a Roman Statesman and follower of the Stoic philosophy, was on the losing side of a civil war against Julius Caesar. Cato sees Caesar as an enemy of the Roman Republic's history of liberty, virtue, and other great traditions; a cruel dictator in short. After the war, Cato and Scipio, a like-minded Roman general, move their forces to Numidia