The two surviving collections of proverbs known as Distichs of Cato and Monosticha Catonis, in hexameter verse, probably belong to the 4th century AD.

* Distichs of Cato, or simply Cato, a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality from the 3rd or 4th century AD author Dionysius Cato

* Dionysius Cato, 3rd or 4th century AD author of Distichs of Cato, previously assumed to have been the work of Cato the Elder, or even possibly Cato the Younger

* Cato Variegatus or Catoes Morall Distichs, Translated and Paraphrased by Sir Richard Baker, Knight ( London, 1636 )

* Distichs of Cato

Chaucer refers to the Distichs of Cato with this passage: " He knew nat Catoun, for his wit was rude.

" The Distichs of Cato was one of the most common textbooks in schools throughout medieval Europe, and was familiar to almost anyone with a basic education in Latin.

Distichs of Cato.

The Distichs of Cato and the Proverbs of Alfred.

* ( Distichs of Cato ), translated by Everard de Kirkham and Elie de Winchester ( Stengel, Ausg.

The Distichs of Cato was most commonly referred to as simply " Cato ".

Licianus wrote a Regula Catonianus ; for his father was also named Cato, some other researchers argue that he might be the original author of the Distichs of Cato.

He cites Cato in Poor Richard's Almanac and believed in the moral advice with such fervor he was troubled to print James Logan's translation called Cato's Moral Distichs Englished in Couplets in 1735, the first in the Colonies.

* The Distichs of Cato at The Latin Library ( in Latin )

# REDIRECT Distichs of Cato

::" It would be thought a Piece of Hypocrisy and pharisaical Ostentation in me, if I should say, that I print these Distichs more with a view to the Good of others than my own private Advantage: And indeed I cannot say it ; for I confess, I have so great Confidence in the common Virtue and Good Sense of the People of this and the neighoring Provinces, that I expect to sell a very good impression.

It was also presented as a virtue in the Distichs of Cato, which enjoin youth to Trocho lude ; aleam fuge – " Play with the hoop, flee the dice.

These translations were anonymous, just like his Distichs of Cato.

The Arician wood sanctuary near the lake of Nemi was Latin confederal as testified by the dedicatory epigraph quoted by Cato.

Cato also wrote the first Latin history of Rome and of other Italian cities.

The examples it includes to illustrate the rules preserve numerous fragments from Latin authors which would otherwise have been lost, including Ennius, Pacuvius, Accius, Lucilius, Cato and Varro.

* Cato the Elder's De Agri Cultura ( on Agriculture ) in Latin and English

The Cato was the most popular medieval schoolbook for teaching Latin, prized not only as a Latin textbook, but as a moral compass.

Cato was in common use as a Latin teaching aid all the way to the 18th century, used by Benjamin Franklin.

Cato was the most popular Latin textbook during the Middle Ages, prized not only as a Latin textbook, but as a moral compass for impressionable students.

Geoffrey Chaucer referred to Cato in Canterbury Tales, through which modern students, less versed in Latin, often first come upon it.

Benjamin Franklin probably studied Cato when he was at Boston Latin School.

The Latin title of the piece is " Cato Maior de Senectute ".

Latin poets normally classified as neoterics are Catullus and his fellow poets such as Helvius Cinna, Publius Valerius Cato, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Quintus Cornificius etc.

** De Orthographia: De Obscuris Catonis, an elucidation of obscurities in the writings of Cato the Elder

* De Orthographia: De Obscuris Catonis, an elucidation of obscurities in the writings of Cato the Elder

The heroic suicide of Porcia Catonis | Porcia, daughter of Cato the Younger | Cato and wife of Marcus Brutus | Brutus, as pictured by the 17th-century painter Elisabetta Sirani

Porcia Catonis ( c. 70 BC – June 43 BC ( or October 42 BC )), ( Porcia " of Cato ", in full Porcia Catonis filia, " Porcia the daughter of Cato ") also known simply as Porcia, occasionally spelt " Portia " especially in 18th-century English literature, was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century BC.

nl: Porcia Catonis ( dochter van Cato )

* Porcia Catonis ( 70 BC-43 BC / 42 BC ), daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, and wife of Marcus Junius Brutus

In 45 BC Brutus divorced Claudia, without stating his reasons, in order that he could marry Porcia Catonis, who was the daughter of Cato and his first cousin.

In the prologue several women are mentioned — Esther, Penelope, Marcia Catonis ( wife of Cato the younger ), Lavinia, Polyxena and Laodamia — whose stories are not recorded and the nineteen ladies in waiting of Alceste mentioned in the prologue might suggest an unfulfilled structure.

) metrical translation of the famous Disticha de moribus of Dionysius Cato ( Romania, xxv.

Diomedes Cato, a native-born Italian who lived in Kraków from about the age of five, became one of the most famous lutenists at the court of Sigismund III, and not only imported some of the musical styles from southern Europe, but blended them with native folk music.

The most notable victim, Marcus Tullius Cicero, who had opposed Caesar and excoriated Antony in his Philippics, came as no surprise ; nor did the proscription of Marcus Favonius, a follower of Cato and a constant opponent of both triumvirates ; but the proscription of Caesar's legate Quintus Tullius Cicero ( Marcus Tullius Cicero's younger brother ) seems to be motivated by pure spite.

Cato the Elder was also an ancestor of Nero, who was one of the most notorious Roman Emperors.

From the number and eloquence of his speeches, he was styled orator, but Cato the Censor ( Cato Censorius ), and Cato the Elder are now his most common, as well as his most characteristic names, since he carried out the office of Censor with extraordinary standing, and was the only Cato who ever accomplished it.

While the Reagan Doctrine enjoyed strong support from the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, the libertarian-oriented Cato Institute opposed the Reagan Doctrine, arguing in 1986 that " most Third World struggles take place in arenas and involve issues far removed from legitimate American security needs.

By 160 BC, Roman statesman Marcus Porcius Cato ( 234-149 BC ) who wrote De Agri Cultura, notes the recipe for the most popular pie / cake called Placenta.

The Six Lakes post office with ZIP code 48886 serves most of Belvidere Township as well as smaller portions of Cato Township to the west, Douglass Township to the south and Millbrook Township to the north in Mecosta County.

The Lakeview post office, with ZIP code 48850, serves most of Cato Township as well as part of Belvidere Township to the east, Douglass Township to the southeast, Pine Township to the south, and Winfield Township to the west.

According to the 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Index, Cato is the 6th most influential US based think tank, ranking 3rd in Economic Policy and 2nd in Social Policy.

Eric Lichtblau thinks Cato is presently " one of the country ’ s most widely cited research organizations ".

In 1712, Addison wrote his most famous work of fiction, Cato, a Tragedy.

In the final act, Cato commits suicide, leaving his supporters to make their peace with the approaching Caesar — an easier task after Cato's death, since he has been Caesar's most implacable foe.

Prior to that, Chile had been one of the most protectionist economies in the world, ranking 71 out 72 in a 1975 Cato Institute and Fraser Institute annual report.

He was a hero of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, " the best-read and most widely regarded pamphleteers of prerevolutionary times ," whose " Cato's Letters ( after which the modern libertarian think tank the Cato Institute is named )" adopted Sidney's argument that " free men always have the right to resist tyrannical government.

All of them nodded and smiled except Cato, who stared at the guest with most suspicious looks.

Cato is remembered as a follower of Stoicism and was one of the most active defenders of the Republic.

Cato also appears in Thornton Wilder's highly-fictionalized " fantasia " Ides of March, where Cato is described by Caesar as one of " four men whom I most respect in Rome " but who " regard me with mortal enmity ".