Monday, 2 July 2018

283) Cato the Elder

Cato the Elder ( 234 BC - 149 BC). Roman senator and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization. He was the first to write history in Latin.
"Red-haired, snapper and biter, his grey eyes flashing defiance, Porcius, come to the shades, back will be thrust by their Queen."
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/plutarch/lives/Cato_major*.html

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