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Marcus Porcius Cato ("Cato the Elder") lived from 234 to 149 B.C., and was a famous [[Roman ]]statesman during the [[Punic Wars]].  He was serving [[Rome]] as [[consul]] in 195 B.C., when he suppressed a revolt in Carthaginian Spain.  Cato served Rome as [[censor]] in 184 B.C. and acted against what he claimed was private extravagance.
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'''Marcus Porcius Cato''' ("Cato the Elder") lived from 234 to 149 B.C., and was a famous [[Roman ]]statesman during the [[Punic Wars]].  He was serving [[Rome]] as [[consul]] in 195 B.C., when he suppressed a revolt in Carthaginian Spain.  Cato served Rome as [[censor]] in 184 B.C. and acted against what he claimed was private extravagance.
    
Cato is famous for urging destruction of [[Carthage]], as the Roman army did in the [[Third Punic War]].
 
Cato is famous for urging destruction of [[Carthage]], as the Roman army did in the [[Third Punic War]].
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