Origines

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Origines is a lost historical work by the Roman statesman Cato the Elder that traced the origins and early history of Rome and the Italian peoples.

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Origines canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
lost historical work ⓘ
alternativeName Origines (Cato) ⓘ
author Cato the Elder ⓘ
authorNameInLatin Marcus Porcius Cato ⓘ
authorOccupation Roman statesman ⓘ
citedBy Aulus Gellius ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Livy ⓘ
Servius ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
dateWritten 2nd century BC ⓘ
focus early Roman history without consular lists ⓘ
foundation legends of Italian cities ⓘ
genre antiquarian literature ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
historicalTradition Roman annalistic tradition ⓘ
influenceOn later Roman historiography ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject early history of Italian peoples ⓘ
early history of Rome ⓘ
origins of Italian peoples ⓘ
origins of Rome ⓘ
notableFeature avoids naming Roman generals in narrative ⓘ
emphasizes deeds of the Roman people ⓘ
numberOfBooks 7 ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
structure divided into books ⓘ
subjectOf modern scholarly reconstruction ⓘ
survivesAs fragments in later authors ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed archaic Italy ⓘ
early Rome ⓘ
workStatus lost ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cato the Elder → notableWork → Origines ⓘ
Cato the Elder → wroteWork → Origines ⓘ
subject linked to: Cato Major
Cato the Elder → notableWork → Origines ⓘ
subject linked to: Cato Major