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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.
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 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]
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
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.
Cato the Elder (Cato Maior) or "the Censor" (Marcus Porcius Cato 234–149 BC), Roman statesman Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus , son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, jurist Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 118 BC, died in Africa in the same year -->
According to Cato's biographer Cornelius Nepos, the Origins consisted of seven books. [1] Book I was the history of the founding and kings of Rome.Books II and III covered the origins of major Italian cities [1] and gave the work its title. [2]