Cato the Elder
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title:
Cato the Elder
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Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as Cato the Censor, the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, senator, and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization. He was the first to write history in Latin with his Origines, a now fragmentary work on the history of Rome. His work De agri cultura, a rambling work on agriculture, rituals, and recipes, is the oldest extant prose written in the Latin language. His epithet "Elder" distinguishes him from his great-grandson Cato the Yo
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Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder
date created:
2002-08-25T08:51:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T19:06:26Z
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