Ruler · 232 – 147 BCE

Cato the Elder

Lived 232 – 147 BCE; philosopher, politician, poet, writer. Roman consul of Ancient Rome, 195 BCE; also in the line of Roman Republic.

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Lived: 232 BCE – 147 BCE; 85 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Roman consul

Ancient Rome · the 446th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480 · read from the line of Roman Republic

442 before

Gaius Cornelius Cethegus197 BCE

Lucius Furius Purpureo196 BCE

Marcus Claudius Marcellus196 BCE

Cato the Elder195 BCE

Lucius Valerius Flaccus195 BCE

Tiberius Sempronius Longus194 BCE

Scipio Africanus194 BCE

396 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 195 BCE · under a year · came to it aged 39

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 195 BCE; they died in 149 BCE

Also in the line of Roman Republic (440th of 754).

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