Marcus Porcius Cato (Consul 118 BC)
Marcus Porcius Cato († 118 BC ) was a member of the Roman plebeian family of the Porcians and 118 BC. Chr. Consul .
Marcus Porcius Cato was the older son of Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus and a grandson of the well-known conservative Roman statesman Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius . Nothing is known about his early life or the first stages of his cursus honorum . No later than 121 BC BC he held the praetur . Three years later, 118 BC. BC, he rose to the highest office of the state, with his fellow consul Quintus Marcius Rex . He went to Africa. Presumably he was given the task of mediating disputes between the heirs of the Numidian ruler Micipsa , son of Massinissa . However, he died in his consulate.
Marcus Porcius Cato was rated as a powerful speaker. Several of his speeches survived for some time after his death.
literature
- Franz Miltner : Porcius 10). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXII, 1, Stuttgart 1953, Col. 165.
Remarks
- ↑ Aulus Gellius , Noctes Atticae 13, 20, 9; Plutarch , Cato Maior 27, 8.
- ↑ Velleius Paterculus 1, 15, 5; Valerius Maximus 5, 10, 3; Pliny , Naturalis historia 2, 99; among others
- ^ Sallust , Jugurthinischer Krieg 5, 6f .; Livy , periochae 62.
- ^ Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13, 20, 10.
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| SURNAME | Porcius Cato, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cato, Marcus Porcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 118 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 118 BC Chr. |