Cato
Encyclopedia
Literature
- Distichs of CatoDistichs of CatoThe Distichs of Cato , is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by an unknown author named Dionysius Cato from the 3rd or 4th century AD. The Cato was the most popular medieval schoolbook for teaching Latin, prized not only as a Latin textbook, but as a moral compass...
, or simply Cato, a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality from the 3rd or 4th century AD author Dionysius Cato - Cato's LettersCato's LettersCato's Letters were essays by British writers John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, first published from 1720 to 1723 under the pseudonym of Cato , the implacable foe of Julius Caesar and a famously stubborn champion of republican principles....
, a series of classical liberal essays by British writers John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon written in the 1720s - Cato, a TragedyCato, a TragedyCato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712, and first performed on 14 April 1713. Based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis , a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric and resistance to the tyranny of Julius Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue,and...
, 18th century drama by Joseph Addison, based on the life of Cato the Younger - Cato Neimoidia, a fictional planet in the Star Wars canon
- Cato Fong from the Pink Panther
Organizations
- Cato InstituteCato InstituteThe Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane, who remains president and CEO, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries, Inc., the largest privately held...
, American libertarian think tank - The Cato Corporation, owners of the CATO women's clothing stores
People
Romans, in the family PorciiPorcii
Porcius, feminine Porcia, masculine plural Porcii, was the name of the gens Porcia, who apparently originated in Tusculum....
- Cato the ElderCato the ElderMarcus Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius , Sapiens , Priscus , or Major, Cato the Elder, or Cato the Censor, to distinguish him from his great-grandson, Cato the Younger.He came of an ancient Plebeian family who all were noted for some...
or "the Censor" (Marcus Porcius Cato 234BC–149BC), Roman statesman- Marcus Porcius Cato LicinianusMarcus Porcius Cato LicinianusMarcus Porcius Cato Licinianus or Cato Licinianus was son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, and thence called Licinianus, to distinguish him from his half-brother, Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, the son of Salonia...
, son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, jurist- Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 118 BC, died in Africa in the same year
- Gaius Porcius CatoGaius Porcius CatoGaius Porcius Cato , was son of Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC, obtained Macedonia as his province, and fought unsuccessfully against the Scordisci. He was accused of extortion in Macedonia, and was sentenced to pay a fine...
, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC
- Marcus Porcius Cato SalonianusMarcus Porcius Cato SalonianusMarcus Porcius Cato Salonianus or Cato Salonianus is a name of two Romans of the Porcii Family.-Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus the Elder:...
, son of Cato the Elder by his second wife Salonia, (born 154 BC, when his father had completed his eightieth year)- Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger
- Cato the YoungerCato the YoungerMarcus Porcius Cato Uticensis , commonly known as Cato the Younger to distinguish him from his great-grandfather , was a politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, and a follower of the Stoic philosophy...
"Cato of Utica" or "Cato Minor" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95BC–46BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, remembered for his lengthy conflict with Gaius Julius Caesar, and moral integrity- Marcus Porcius Cato (II)Marcus Porcius Cato (II)Marcus Porcius Cato , son of Cato the Younger by his first marriage to Atilia.- Life :He was the brother of Porcia Catonis, who was first married to Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus , and later married their half-cousin Marcus Junius Brutus...
, son of Cato the Younger, fell at the Battle of Philippi, 42 BC
- Marcus Porcius Cato (II)
- Cato the Younger
- Lucius Porcius CatoLucius Porcius CatoLucius Porcius Cato, son of Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, was a consul of the Roman Republic in 89 BC.As consul, Porcius Cato led the Roman army at the Battle of Fucine Lake in 89 BC against a rebel force during the Social War, but was defeated and killed while fighting a Marsic camp in winter.-...
, son of Cato Salonianus, consul 89 BC, killed during the Social War (91–88 BC)
- Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger
- Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Sometimes associated with the family Porcii
- Dionysius Cato, 3rd or 4th century AD author of Distichs of Cato, previously assumed to have been the work of Cato the Elder, or even possibly Cato the Younger
Others
- Suzy CatoSuzy CatoSusan "Suzy" Cato is an Australian-born New Zealand children's entertainer. She is best-known as the host of several New Zealand children's television programmes, most notably 3pm and Suzy's World...
(born 1968), New Zealand entertainer - Noah CatoNoah CatoNoah Cato is a rugby union player who currently plays as a Winger/Fullback for Northampton Rugby Club in the Guinness Premiership....
(born 1988), English rugby union player - Kelvin CatoKelvin Cato- College career :Cato was an obscure player averaging six points and six rebounds at the University of South Alabama in 1992-93. At that time, he struck up a relationship with then University of New Orleans coach Tim Floyd, who recognized Cato's potential. In 1994, Floyd took over as head coach...
(born 1974), American basketball player - John Cyril Cato (born 1889, died 1971), Australian photographer, portraitist and author, renowned historian of Australian photography, known also as Jack Cato
- Diomedes CatoDiomedes CatoDiomedes Cato was an Italian-born composer and lute player, who lived and worked entirely in Poland. He is known mainly for his instrumental music...
(born 1560, died 1618) was a Polish composer - Cato the anti-Federalist, pseudonym for an American author of anti-Federalist articles in the late 1780s, probably the politician George Clinton (vice president)George Clinton (vice president)George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...
- Cato, an alternate name, possibly erroneous, for the leader of the Stono slave rebellion
- Cato, the pseudonym for the authors of the 1940s polemic Guilty MenGuilty MenGuilty Men was a book published in Great Britain in 1940 that attacked British public figures for their appeasement of Nazi Germany in the 1930s...
; Michael Foot, Frank Owen, Peter Howard - Cato Fong, Inspector Clouseau's manservant in the Pink Panther movies
- Cato, the male tribute from District 2 in The Hunger GamesThe Hunger GamesThe Hunger Games is a first person young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was originally published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic. It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world...
Places
United States- Cato Township, MichiganCato Township, MichiganCato Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,920 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
- Cato (town), New YorkCato (town), New YorkCato is a town in Cayuga County, New York, USA. The population was 2,537 at the 2010 census. The name was assigned by the surveyors of the Military Tract, and is one of many towns and villages bearing classical place names....
- Cato (village), New YorkCato (village), New YorkCato is a village in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 601 at the 2000 census. The name was assigned by the surveyors of the Military Tract, and is one of many towns and villages bearing classical place names....
- Cato, WisconsinCato, WisconsinCato is a town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,616 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Cato, Clarks Mills, Grimms, Madsen, North Grimms, and Taus are located within the town...
, a town - Cato (community), WisconsinCato (community), WisconsinCato is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Cato is located on U.S. Route 10 west of Whitelaw....
, an unincorporated community
Technology
- CATO, an acronym used in rocketryModel rocketA model rocket is a small rocket that is commonly advertised as being able to be launched by anybody, to, in general, low altitudes and recovered by a variety of means....
, for Catastrophe At Take Off -- the catastrophic failure of a rocket engine. - CATO, an acronym for Catapult Assisted take offAssisted take offAssisted take off is any system for helping aircraft into the air . The reason it might be needed is due to the aircraft's weight exceeding the normal maximum take off weight, insufficient power, or the available runway length may be insufficient, or a combination of all three factors...
- Corazón Artificial Total Ortotópico (Spanish for Orthotopic Total Artificial Heart) invented by Dr. Juan GiambrunoJuan GiambrunoDr. Juan Giambruno is a Uruguayan cardiac surgeon at Universidad de la República, Montevideo.His major work is a fully implantable artificial heart called CATO , which looks and acts like a real heart...
- Cato, a South Devon Railway Eagle classSouth Devon Railway Eagle classThe Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...
4-4-0ST steam locomotive - Cato (ship)Cato (ship)The Cato was a ship of 430 tons constructed at Stockton in England and registered in London to Reeve & Green. It was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, in 1804....
, an English ship sunk on the Great Barrier Reef in 1803