| − | 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]], as the Roman army did in the [[Third Punic War]]. |