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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.

'''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]], with the plea he made at the end of every speech he gave,  "Carthago delenda est", Carthage must be destroyed.  At the end of the [[Third Punic War]], Cato got his wish, as the victorious Romans destroyed the city of Carthage and sold its inhabitants into [[slavery]].

[[Category:Ancient Rome]]

[[Category:Ancient Rome]]

[[Category:Romans]]

[[Category:Romans]]