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Marcus Porcius Cato (/ ˈ k ɑː t oʊ /, KAH-toe; 234–149 BC), also known as Cato the Censor (Latin: Censorius), the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, senator, and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization. [1] He was the first to write history in Latin with his Origines, a now fragmentary work on the ...
Like Cato, he ended all his speeches with the same phrase, "Carthage must be destroyed" (Carthago delenda est). [4] [5] [6] Cato finally won the debate after Carthage had attacked Massinissa, which gave a casus belli to Rome since the peace treaty of 201 BC prevented Carthage from declaring war without Rome's assent.
Cato's defense against accusations of corruption. Cato the Elder 164 BCE [32] [33] Dierum Dictarum de Consulatu Suo: Speech written by Cato in defense of his war against the Spanish tribes. Cato the Elder 191-190 BCE [3] [34] [35] Dissuasio Legio Junniae De Feneratione: Cato attacks Quintus Minucius Thermus. Cato the Elder 193 BCE [3] Divinatio ...
5 Quotes. 6 Text and translations. 7 Notes. ... He uses the example of Cato the Elder, who was a Roman ... whereupon the Censor would judge his fitness to remain in ...
Cato Uticensis. Silver denarius issued 47–46. Cato Uticensis (95–46). His mother's brother was the reformer Livius Drusus. His father's grandfather was the famous censor, Cato the Elder (234–149). Here, Cato (also called 'the Younger') was a rare man among the aristocracy, "a man of the best intentions and of rare devotedness", yet ...
Cato was born in 95 BC, the son of his homonymous father and Livia. [2] He was descended from Cato the Elder – this Cato's great-grandfather [3] – who was a novus homo ("new man") and the first of the family to be elected to the consulship. [4]
The patrician Flaccus became a friend, political patron, and ally of the young plebeian senator Marcus Porcius Cato, later called Cato the Elder, during the earlier years of the Second Punic War. Flaccus is possibly the Valerius Flaccus who was a military tribune in 212 BC, serving under the consuls who captured Hanno's camp at Beneventum. [1]
Marcus Porcius Cato can refer to: Cato the Elder (consul 195 BC; called "Censorinus"), politician renowned for austerity and author Cato the Younger (praetor 54 BC; called " Uticensis "), opponent of Caesar