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The Connections of Cato the Elder
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC) Every person recorded alongside Cato the Elder in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Cato the Elder in the ledgers of the archive.
- Spouses
- Licinia, Salonia
- Children
- Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus
- Influenced
- Henry David Thoreau
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 234 BCE to 149 BCE.
Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics
Ancient era
Eratosthenes
276 BCE – 194 BCE
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
Ancient era
Hannibal
247 BCE – 183 BCE
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
Ancient era
Scipio Africanus
235 BCE – 183 BCE
Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
Ancient era
Gaius Marius
157 BCE – 86 BCE
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
Ancient era
Qin Shi Huang
259 BCE – 210 BCE
First Emperor of unified China, builder of the Great Wall's foundation
Ancient era
Liu Bang
256 BCE – 195 BCE
Founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
Ancient era
Emperor Wu of Han
156 BCE – 87 BCE
Seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China (157 BC–87 BC)
Ancient era
Ashoka
304 BCE – 232 BCE
Mauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values
Ancient era
Manetho
b. c. 201 BCE
3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
Ancient era
Mithridates I of Parthia
195 BCE – 132 BCE
King of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC
Ancient era
Hamilcar Barca
275 BCE – 228 BCE
Carthaginian general (c. 275 – 228 BC)