Cato the Elder

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Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, orator, and moralist known for his staunch conservatism, advocacy of traditional Roman values, and repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose writer
Roman censor
Roman consul
Roman senator
Roman statesman
farmer
historian
human
military officer
moral philosopher
moralist
orator
alsoKnownAs Cato Maior
linked to: Cato the Elder

Cato Major
Cato the Censor
linked to: Cato the Elder

Marcus Porcius Cato
linked to: Cato the Elder
birthDate 234 BC
birthPlace Roman Republic
Tusculum
citizenship Roman Republic
deathDate 149 BC
deathPlace Roman Republic
Rome
ethnicGroup Roman
linked to: Romanitas
familyName Porcius Cato
linked to: Cato the Elder
famousQuotation Carthago delenda est
fieldOfWork Roman law
agriculture
moral philosophy
rhetoric
givenName Marcus
ideology Roman conservatism
traditionalism
influenced Roman moral thought
later Latin prose style
knownFor advocacy of traditional Roman values
hostility to Hellenistic cultural influence
repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage
staunch conservatism
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
memberOf Roman Senate
militaryRank military tribune
notableWork De agri cultura
Origines
occupation orator
soldier
statesman
writer
opposedTo Carthage
luxury and moral corruption
participatedIn Roman–Seleucid War
Second Punic War
Third Macedonian War
linked to: Macedonian Wars
positionHeld aedile
censor of the Roman Republic
consul of the Roman Republic
praetor
quaestor

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Cato the Younger greatGrandfather Cato the Elder
Basilica Porcia builtBy Cato the Elder
Basilica Porcia creator Cato the Elder
Basilica Porcia commissionedBy Cato the Elder
Basilica Porcia namedAfter Cato the Elder
Basilica Porcia builtOnInitiativeOf Marcus Porcius Cato the Censor
linked to: Cato the Elder
Tusculum notableResident Cato the Elder
Porcia gens hasNotableMember Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder alsoKnownAs Marcus Porcius Cato
linked to: Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder alsoKnownAs Cato Maior
linked to: Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder alsoKnownAs Cato the Censor
linked to: Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder familyName Porcius Cato
linked to: Cato the Elder
Roman conquest of Spain commander Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder
linked to: Cato the Elder