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Summary
Cato the Elder was born on 234 BC[1] in Tusculum[2]. He died on January 1, 149 BC[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a writer[5], historian[6], economist[7], poet[8], and politician[9]. He ranks in the top 0.64% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,730 views/month, #6,424 of 1,000,298).[10]
Topic's main category: Category:Cato the Elder[37]
Relative: Gaius Porcius Cato[38], Cato the Younger[39]
Described by source: Parallel Lives[40], Dictionary of African Biography[41], BEIC Digital Library[42], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[47]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Cato the Elder include Dorsa Cato[48], a dorsum[49].
Why It Matters
Cato the Elder has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] He is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
He has been cited as an influence by Henry David Thoreau[52], a poet[53], 1817–1862[54], of United States[55], awarded the Hall of Fame for Great Americans[56], specialised in writing[57].
Works attributed to him include De Agri Cultura[58], a written work[59]; Bellum se ipsum alet[60], a winged words[61]; and Origines[62], a literary work[63]. Entities named for him include Dorsa Cato[48], a dorsum[49].
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