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Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius
Cato the Censor
also: Cato the Elder, censorius Cato
Marcus Porcius Cato the Censor (234-149 BC), great-grandfather of Cato Uticensis, emblem of austere republican virtue and stern public morals; here the standard of frugality against which his descendant's wealth is measured.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.7.5 Marcus Cato
Cato the Elder, 'the Censor' (234–149 BC), the austere moralist; quoted for the saying 'What you lack, borrow from yourself.'
- On the Happy Life §21.3 the Cato who was Censor
Cato the Elder, the Censor (234-149 BC), great-grandfather of Cato Uticensis and emblem of austere republican virtue, here the measure of frugality his richer descendant exceeds.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §7.64.10 both the Catos
Marcus Porcius Cato the Censor (234--149 BC), the stern Republican moralist and orator; named with his great-grandson Cato of Utica as men Seneca reveres like the gods.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §20.119.2 Catonian
An allusion to Cato the Elder's De Agri Cultura, which opens by warning against borrowing; Seneca's joke is that the only safe creditor is oneself.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §86.10 Cato
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder (234-149 BC), the Censor, archetype of old Roman austerity; here invoked as a model aedile who policed the public baths himself.