Cato (cognomen)

The Roman cognomen Cato goes back to catus (Latin for "sharp-witted, clever"). Under the Republic, it was in the families of Hostilii and Valerii spread prominently in the Porcii is needed after which it was modeled Cato sometimes synonymous with a conservative Romans. Occasionally, Cato also appeared as a gentile .

In the history of the Roman Empire , several people were known by the name Cato:

• Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius (* 234 BC in Tusculum ; † 149 BC), known as Cato the Elder , was a Roman general, historian, writer and statesman. He is also said to have coined the saying Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam .
• Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus was the first son of Catos the Elder.
• Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus the Elder was the second son of Catus the Elder.
• Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus the Younger was the son of the previous one and the father of Catos the Younger.
• Marcus Porcius Cato (consul 118 BC) was the elder son of Cato Licinianus
• Gaius Porcius Cato (consul 114 BC) was the younger son of Cato Licinianus
• Lucius Porcius Cato fought in the alliance war and clothed 89 BC. The consulate.
• Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (* 95 BC; † 46 BC in Utica), called Cato the Younger , great-grandson of Catos the Elder, was a Roman general and statesman.
• Publius Valerius Cato (* around 95 BC) was a Roman poet and philologist.