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Cato the Elder

243 BC - 149 BC

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Marcus Porcius Cato (, KAH-toe; 234–149 BC), also known as Cato the Censor (Latin: Censorius), 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 treatise on agriculture, rituals, and recipes, is the oldest extant prose written in the Latin language. His epithet "Elder" distinguishes him from his great-grandson Senator Cato the Younger, who opposed Julius Caesar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cato the Elder is the 146th most popular writer (down from 132nd in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Italy (down from 155th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Writer.

Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman and historian. He is most famous for his book "De Agri Cultura," which is a treatise on farming.

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Among writers, Cato the Elder ranks 146 out of 7,302. Before him are Lewis Carroll, Boris Pasternak, Dr. Seuss, Yukio Mishima, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, and E. T. A. Hoffmann. After him are Cyrano de Bergerac, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry David Thoreau, Diogenes Laërtius, Emily Brontë, and Carlo Collodi.

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Among people born in 243 BC, Cato the Elder ranks 1. After him are Mago Barca, and Seleucus III Ceraunus. Among people deceased in 149 BC, Cato the Elder ranks 1. After him is Prusias II of Bithynia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cato the Elder ranks 207 out of 5,161. Before him are Sergio Mattarella (1941), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Pope Leo III (750), Adriano Celentano (1938), Constans (320), and Leon Battista Alberti (1404). After him are Messalina (17), Clare of Assisi (1193), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Pope Martin V (1369), Pope Boniface I (370), and Guido of Arezzo (991).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Cato the Elder ranks 10. Before him are Petrarch (1304), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Horace (-65), Umberto Eco (1932), Giacomo Casanova (1725), and Giorgio Vasari (1511). After him are Carlo Collodi (1826), Plautus (-254), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), Catullus (-84), Carlo Goldoni (1707), and Torquato Tasso (1544).

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