Cato the Censor
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- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Empires, Dynasties, Historians, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Roman administrator and orator{$I[g]Roman Republic;Cato the Censor} Through his public example, the offices he served, and his writings, Cato advocated an ideal of a powerful, prosperous state populated with self-reliant, active citizens.
Early Life
Marcus Porcius Cato (KAY-toh) was born in Tusculum, about fifteen miles outside Rome. Little is known about his family except that his father, Marcus, and great-grandfather Cato were well-respected soldiers. The name Cato, meaning “accomplished,” was given to a novus homo (new...
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