Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as Cato the Censor, 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. Cato's epithet "Elder" distinguishes him from his great-grandson Cato the Younger.
- Occupation
- writer, historian, economist, poet
- Position held
- Roman censor, praetor, quaestor, ancient Roman senator
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- 234 BC, 235 BC, 234 BC, 232 BC
