person
Marcus Porcius Cato (the Elder)
Cato the Elder
also: old Cato, Cato Censorius
Cato the Censor (234–149 BC), the earliest Latin orator whose speeches survived, cited as the rough starting point of the developing style.
Reading notes
- A Dialogue on Oratory §18 old Cato
Cato the Censor (234–149 BC), the earliest Latin orator whose speeches survived, cited as the rough beginning of the developing style.