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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cato the Elder canonical | 10 |
| Cato Maior | 1 |
| Cato the Censor | 1 |
| Marcus Porcius Cato | 1 |
| Marcus Porcius Cato the Censor | 1 |
| Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder | 1 |
| Porcius Cato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2100764 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Cato the Elder Context triple: [Cato the Younger, greatGrandfather, Cato the Elder]
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Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
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Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
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Cato
Cato was an enslaved African man who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion in colonial South Carolina, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
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Cicero
Cicero was a renowned Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose speeches and writings profoundly influenced Latin literature and Western political thought.
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Publius
Publius was the shared pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay when writing the influential essays known as The Federalist Papers advocating for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cato the Elder Target entity description: 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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A.
Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
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B.
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
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C.
Cato
Cato was an enslaved African man who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion in colonial South Carolina, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
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Cicero
Cicero was a renowned Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose speeches and writings profoundly influenced Latin literature and Western political thought.
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E.
Publius
Publius was the shared pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay when writing the influential essays known as The Federalist Papers advocating for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose writer
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Roman censor ⓘ Roman consul ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ farmer ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ moralist ⓘ orator ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cato the Elder
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surface form:
Cato Maior
Cato Major ⓘ Cato the Elder ⓘ
surface form:
Cato the Censor
Cato the Elder ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Porcius Cato
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| birthDate | 234 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Roman Republic
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Tusculum ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathDate | 149 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Roman Republic
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Rome ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Romanitas
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surface form:
Roman
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| familyName |
Cato the Elder
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Porcius Cato
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| famousQuotation | Carthago delenda est ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Roman law
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agriculture ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcus ⓘ |
| ideology |
Roman conservatism
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traditionalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman moral thought
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later Latin prose style ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of traditional Roman values
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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
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Origines ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
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soldier ⓘ statesman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Carthage
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luxury and moral corruption ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Roman–Seleucid War
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Second Punic War ⓘ Macedonian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Third Macedonian War
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| positionHeld |
aedile
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censor of the Roman Republic ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ praetor ⓘ quaestor ⓘ |
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Subject: Cato the Elder Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.