![]() Like his forefathers, Cato was devoted to agriculture when not serving in the army. ![]() He came from an ancient Plebeian family who were noted for their military service. His epithet "Elder" distinguishes him from his equally famous great-grandson Cato the Younger, who opposed Julius Caesar. His work De agri cultura, a rambling work on agriculture, farming, rituals, and recipes, is the oldest extant prose written in the Latin language. ![]() He was the first to write history in Latin with his Origines, a now lost work on the history of Rome. ![]() Marcus Porcius Cato ( / ˈ k eɪ t oʊ/ 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. ![]()
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