Epicurean works by Amafinius, Rabirius, and Catius were the earliest philosophical treatises written in Latin.
Cicero credits him, along with the lesser prose stylist Amafinius, with writing accessible texts that popularized Epicurean philosophy among the plebs, or common people.
[3] The letter is addressed to Cassius Longinus, one of the future assassins of Julius Caesar and a recent convert to Epicureanism.
"[10]Early commentators on Horace assert that the philosopher should be identified with the Catius addressed in the fourth satire of the poet's second book.
This Catius is introduced as delivering a grave and sententious lecture on various topics connected with the pleasures of the table.