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 the Elder
surface form: Cato Maior

Cato Major
Cato the Elder
surface form: Cato the Censor

Cato the Elder
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato
birthDate 234 BC
birthPlace Roman Republic
Tusculum
citizenship Roman Republic
deathDate 149 BC
deathPlace Roman Republic
Rome
ethnicGroup Romanitas
surface form: Roman
familyName Cato the Elder self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porcius Cato
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
Macedonian Wars
surface form: Third Macedonian War
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 (earlier Republican period) builtBy Cato the Elder
subject surface form: Basilica Porcia
Basilica Porcia (earlier Republican period) creator Cato the Elder
subject surface form: Basilica Porcia
Basilica Porcia (earlier Republican period) commissionedBy Cato the Elder
subject surface form: Basilica Porcia
Basilica Porcia (earlier Republican period) namedAfter Cato the Elder
subject surface form: Basilica Porcia
Basilica Porcia (earlier Republican period) builtOnInitiativeOf Cato the Elder
subject surface form: Basilica Porcia
this entity surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato the Censor
Tusculum notableResident Cato the Elder
Porcia gens hasNotableMember Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder alsoKnownAs Cato the Elder
this entity surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato
Cato the Elder alsoKnownAs Cato the Elder
this entity surface form: Cato Maior
Cato the Elder alsoKnownAs Cato the Elder
this entity surface form: Cato the Censor
Cato the Elder familyName Cato the Elder self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porcius Cato
Roman conquest of Spain commander Cato the Elder
this entity surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder