 It was natural that an ambitious and well off Roman like Cicero (106–43 BCE) should go and study at the philosophical schools in Athens and return to popularise Greek philosophy for his less cosmopolitan countrymen. Epicureanism tended to be favored in the ranks in Rome’s military, while Stoicism appealed more to members of the Senate and other political movers and shakers. Several Roman political figures associated with Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic had assorted philosophical connections. Those associated with Stoicism include Cato the Younger (95–46 BCE) and Marcus Junius Brutus (85–42). Brutus’ fellow assassin, and brother-in-law Gaius Cassius Longinus (85–42) professed Epicureanism.(See Sedley 1997 for an examination of their actions in light of their philosophical allegiances.) Posidonius was known to Julius Caesar’s sometimes-ally, sometimes-adversary, Pompey (106–48). Pompey visited Posidonius in Rhodes during his campaigns in 66 and 62 BCE. Gaius Octavius (who became Caesar Augustus) had a Stoic tutor, Athenodoros Calvus.