displaying their fondness for cato, "the people of utica...called cato their saviour and benefactor... and this they continued to do even when word was brought that caesar was approaching. they decked his body in splendid fashion, gave it an illustrious escort, and buried it near the sea, where a statue of him now stands, sword in hand". after his death, cato was given the name of uticensis, due to the place of his death as well as to his public glorification and burial by the citizens of utica.