Marcus Porcius Cato


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Cato, Marcus Porcius

(234–149 B.C.) Roman statesman known for conservatism; taxed luxuries. [Rom. Hist.: EB, II: 645]
See: Austerity
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Although there is evidence that Greek colonies in Italy were making something similar, it was in the 3rd century BC that Marcus Porcius Cato mentions a 'flat round of dough dressed with olive oil, herbs, and honey baked on stones'.
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Yellin (both of whom are Fellows at Liberty Fund), Cato: A Tragedy, And Selected Essays is a compilation of the writings of Joseph Addison, beginning with his "Cato: A Tragedy" which is an account of the final hours of Marcus Porcius Cato (95-46 B.C.), a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric, and resistance to the tyranny of Julius Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty6 to this very day.
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These were the words of Marcus Porcius Cato, the Censor.
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