Cato, Marcus Porcius(Cato the Elder, Cato the Censor)

234 - Marcus Porcius Cato was born in Tusculum, Latium, Italy.

214 - He served at Capua and the historian Wilhelm Drumann.

205 - He became successively quaestor.

204 - He entered upon the duties of his place of work.

199 - He became an aedile.

198 - He became a praetor.

195 - He became a consul with his old friend and patron Flaccus.

193 - He was in Rome which he was dedicating to Victoria Virgo,a small temple which he had vowed.

191 - He was appointed military tribune under the consul Manius Acilius Glabrio.

181 - He supported the lex Orchia.

157 - He was one of the deputies sent to Carthage to arbitrate between the Carthaginians and Massinissa.

149 - He held no public office but continued himself in the senate as the persistent opponent of the new ideas. He died.

• "Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chains; those who steal from the public treasure go dressed in gold and purple."
• "Carthago delenda est. (Carthage must be destroyed.)"
• "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."