[Sca-cooks] RE: Plums

[Terry Decker]

Cato the Younger is the great grandson of Cato the Elder.  Both men were 
named Marcus Porcius Cato.

Cato the Elder (234-149 BCE), aka Cato the Censor, is the author of De 
agricultura and is usually the Cato referenced on this list.  He is also the 
origin of "Carthago delinda est."

Cato the Younger (95-46 BCE) is a noted Stoic and an opponent of Julius 
Caesar.  He lost out when he supported Pompey and committed suicide.  Caesar 
was killed about two years later.

Bear



> I have no idea. I know I've heard the name "Cato" before, but I'm not 
> really sure who he was, much less that there were two of them. Were  they 
> father and son? If so, it doesn't seem like the time difference  would 
> make much difference on these plum references.
>
> Stefan
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