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Cato the Elder
Sign in to saveAlso known as Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Porcius Cato Maior, Marcus Porcius Cato Major, Marcus Porcius Catus, Marcus Porcius Cato Sapiens, Cato Censor, Cato Sapiens, Cato Major
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
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Cato the Elder, also known as Marcus Porcius Cato and by the pseudonym Censorius, was a male person born in 234 BC and died in 149 BC. He is associated with the Commons category "Cato Major" and has a creator page under his full name. His literary output includes works such as *Originum fragmenta emendata, disposita, illustrata*, *De agri cultura c. vii et viii cum adnotationibus Henrici Keilii*, *M. Porci Catonis De re rustica liber*, *Libri de re rustica*, and *Cato variegatus*.
Several of his statements are recorded, including "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam," "Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est," and "Rem tene, verba sequentur." He is also linked to the quote, "All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us." Additionally, he is referenced by 585 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 234 BC
- Died
- 149 BC
- Works
- 106
Top works
- Originum fragmenta emendata, disposita, illustrata
- De agri cultura c. vii et viii cum adnotationibus Henrici Keilii
- M. Porci Catonis De re rustica liber
- Libri de re rustica
- Cato variegatus
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 11
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,773x
- Biodegradable polymers as biomaterials
· 2007 · cited 3,870x
- An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics
· 2018 · cited 3,145x
- Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools
· 2005 · cited 2,926x
- Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas
· 2018 · cited 2,810x
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Quotes
- “All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.”
- “Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.”
- “Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.”
- “Rem tene, verba sequentur.”
- “The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.”
- “Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”
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Works in European collections
29 objects attributed to Cato the Elder, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Libri De Re Rvstica, M. Catonis Marci Terentii Varronis, L. Iunii Moderati Columellæ, Palladii Rutilii ... [Scriptores rei rusticae latini]
Opera agricolationum, Columellae, Varronis Catonis[que] nec non Palladii
Catho zo duytsch.||
Linz, AT-OOeLB, Hs.-33 (Catonis doctrina ... Relationes Gregorii papae [et al.], saec. XII-XIII)
Ethica sive distigivm Cathonis
IOACHIMI FORTII RINGELBERGII ANDOANDOuerpiani lucubratio[n]es, uel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia: nempe liber de Ratione studij, utriusque linguae Grammatice, Dialectice, Rhetorice Mathematice, & sublimioris Philosophiae multa. Quorum eleich subseque[n]ti pagina enumeratur. Atq[ue] haec omnia eo iudicio & ordine sunt tradita, ut uel sola cuicq[ue] meliorum literarum studioso satis ad summum ingenij cultu[m] esse possint
Libri de re rvstica /
Libri De Re Rvstica :
Libri De Re Rvstica /
Contenta In Hoc opes sunt haec. Catonis praecepta moralia recognita /
De Re Rvstica Libri XII.
De Re Rvstica /
De Re Rvstica: M. Catonis Liber I., M. Terentij Varronis Lib. III., Palladij Lib. XIIII., L. Iunij Moderati Columellae Lib. XIII. Priscarvm uocum in libris de re rustica enarrationes, per Georgium Alexandrinum. Philippi Beroal. in lib. XIII Columellae annotationes. Aldus de dierum generibus, simul'q[ue] de umbris & horis, quae apud Palladium :
Libri De re rustica M. Catonis lib. I, M. Terentii Varronis lib. III, L. Iunii Moderati Columellae lib. XII, eiusdem De arboribus liber separatus ab aliis, Palladii lib. XIIII, De duobus dierum generibus simulq de umbris & horis, quae apud Palladium ..
Marci Catonis ac M. Teren. Varronis De re rustica libri
Authors cum commento. Cato, Theodolus, Facetus, Cartula quem de contemplu mundi dicunt. Thobias, Alanus in parabolis. Esopus in fablis. Floretus, qui est diui Bernardi is qui additur, Sulpitius verulanus
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Encyclopedic overview
Spouses Licinia Salonia
Children M. Cato Licinianus M. Cato Salonianus
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