Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus (short Cato Licinianus ; † .. 152 BC ) was a Roman politician and son of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder .
Licinianus received his cognomen to distinguish it from his half-brother Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus , whom Cato the Elder had sired with the daughter of a freedman , Salonia . Licinianus, on the other hand, was the son of Cato's wife Licinia .
Licinianus served in 173 BC. In Liguria under Marcus Popillius Laenas , 168 BC. BC in Macedonia under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus , whose daughter Aemilia Tertia he married after the war. After that he mainly worked as a lawyer . 152 BC He died as praetor designate before his father.
Two sons of Licinianus were consuls from 118 BC. BC, Marcus Porcius Cato , and from 114 BC. BC, Gaius Porcius Cato .
Sources for Licinianus are Plutarch , Cato maior 20; Cicero , De Officiis 1.11; Sextus Iulius Frontinus , Strategemata 4,5,17; Aulus Gellius , Noctes Atticae 13.20; Digest 45th tit. 1. s. 4 § 1; 50th tit. 16. s. 98. § 1.
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literature
- Detlef Liebs : M. Porcius Cato Licinianus. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 563
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| SURNAME | Porcius Cato Licinianus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Licinianus, Marcus Porcius Cato; Cato Licinianus, Marcus Porcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and son of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 152 BC Chr. |