| LC control no. | n 50047791 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. |
| Variant(s) | Cato, Censorius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Cato, Maior, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C. Cato, Marcus Porcius, Censorius Cato, the Censor, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Cato, the Elder, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Caton, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Kato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Katon, Mark Port︠s︡iĭ, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. |
| Associated country | Rome |
| Located | Rome Rome |
| Birth date | -0234 |
| Death date | -0149 |
| Place of birth | Tusculum (Extinct city) |
| Affiliation | Roman Army |
| Profession or occupation | Orators Authors Statesmen Politicians Orators Authors Statesmen |
| Found in | Concordantia in Catonis librum De agri cultura, 1983. Oxf. clas. dict. (Cato, Marcus Porcius; "Censorius"; 234-149 B.C.) Grant. Grk. & Lat. auth. (Cato, Marcus Porcius (the Censor)) Ency. Amer. (Cato, Marcus Porcius; 234-149 B.C.; Cato the Censor; Cato the Elder) Ency. Brit. (Cato, Marcus Porcius; 234-149 B.C.; called the Censor) Coll. encyl. (Cato, Marcus Porcius; "the Elder Cato"; "Cato the Censor") His Les origines (fragments), 1986: t.p. (Caton) Catonis disticha. Spanish. La ética de Catón, 2009: p. xxvi (Present day scholars dispute Cato's authorship of Disticha Catonis) Brill's new Pauly online, 24 April 2014 (Marcus Porcius Cato; Cato the Elder; 234-149 BC; politician, author; the best known Roman of the pre-Ciceronian period; born in 234 in Tusculum; fought in the war against Hannibal; quaestor in 204, plebeian aedile in 199, praetor in Sardinia in 198, consul in 195; wrote speeches, didactic writings, and historical writings) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cato the Elder; Roman military leader, politician, author; born B.C.E. 234 in Tusculum, Italy; elected quaestor (205 BCE); assigned to the army; elected to the office of plebeian aedile (199 BCE); became a praetor, the second highest excutive post in Rome; was governor of Sardinia and Corsica (198 BCE); elected consul (195 BCE); consular governor of Nearer Spain; extended Roman territory in Spain (194 BCE); joined the Roman army and was sent to fight the Seleucid king Antiochus III (191 BCE); was elected censor (184 BCE); served on an embassy to Carthage (153 BCE); wrote the first history of Rome in Latin, entitled Origins; died B.C.E. 149) |
| Associated language | lat |
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