not father and son.  great-grandfather and great-grandson.

Marcus Porcius Cato<the Elder, or the Censor> 234 BCE - 149 BCE :Roman
Statesman

Marcus Porcius Cato<the Younger> 95BCE - 46BCE :Roman Statesman and
Philosopher

so is about 100+- years difference.

joy

radei

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Stefan li Rous"
  To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks"
  Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] RE: Plums
  Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 03:46:51 -0500


  Radei asked me (I think):
  > You reference Cato, but do not make the distintion of which, the
  > Elder or the Younger? just curious. thanx

  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.

  I would try contacting Baron Akim, whom I was quoting. He used to
  be on this list, then could read it, but for some reason, not
  post. I'm not sure if he is still monitoring it or not. I believe
  his email address given in the article should still be correct. Or
  go look at the actual article in the Florilegium, so you can get
  to the footnotes, and see what the actual source says.

  Stefan

  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Stefan li Rous"
  > To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks"
  > Subject: [Scacooks] RE: Plums
  > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:33:46 -0500
  >
  > Well, here is what Baron Akim Yaroslavich has to say about plums in
  > his article on period fruits in the Florilegium:
  > Period-Fruit-art (60K) 1/13/02 "Fruit of Period Times" by Baron
  > Akim Yaroslavich.
  >
  > >>>>>>
  > PLUMS
  > ...Damsons are a variety of bullace
  > plum well known in Roman times, and imported from Damascus in
  > Syria, hence its name (94). At the time of Cato, Romans were
  > familiar with prunes but not the plum tree itself (95). ...
  > <<<<<<<
  >
  > You'll have to go look at the article to get all the footnotes.
  >
  > Stefan
  --------
  THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
  Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas StefanliRous@austin.rr.com
  **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org
  ****


  _______________________________________________
  Sca-cooks mailing list
  Sca-cooks@ansteorra.org
  http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/sca-cooks

-- 
___________________________________________________________
Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com
http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm