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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 ...
However, Cato the Censor visited Carthage in 152 BC as a member of a senatorial embassy, which was sent to arbitrate a conflict between the Punic city and Massinissa, the king of Numidia. Cato, a veteran of the Second Punic War, was shocked by Carthage's wealth, which he considered dangerous for Rome.
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]
Salonianus' father was Marcus Porcius Cato, consul in 195 BC, and censor in 184. Celebrated for his courage, austerity, and strict moral code, the elder Cato, who already had a grown son by his first wife, Licinia, took a second wife at an advanced age, choosing the daughter of his client and scribe, Salonius.
Cato the Elder, also known as Cato the Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC), a Roman statesman Yair Censor (born 1943), Israeli mathematician Organizations
This passage seems to speak of a Cato before the Censor, but Pomponius wrote in paragraphs, devoting one to each succession of jurists, and the word Deinde [10] commences that of the Catos, though the Censor had been mentioned by anticipation at the end of the preceding paragraph.
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Gaius Porcius Cato [i] (before 157 BC – after 109 BC in Tarraco) was a Roman politician and general, notably consul in 114 BC. He was the son of Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus and grandson of Cato the Censor .