Marcus Porcius Cato bol rímsky štátnik a spisovateľ, ktorého dielo sa vyznačuje dôrazom na tradičné rímske hodnoty a praktickú múdrosť. Jeho spisy poskytujú cenný vhľad do rímskej spoločnosti a myslenia svojej doby. Cato bol známy svojím cenzorským prístupom k morálke a verejnému životu, čo sa odráža v jeho textoch.
Focuses on the appeasers of the 1930s, the leading culprits being Baldwin, Chamberlain and Halifax who had left the country so ill-prepared, and who, by their pusillanimity, had emboldened Hitler and Mussolini; and in the case of the last two still favoured some accommodation with the fascist dictators.
Cato s second century BCE De Agricultura is our earliest complete Latin prose text, recommends farming for its security and profitability, and advises on management of labor and resources. Varro s Res rustica (37 BCE) is not a practical treatise but instruction, in dialogue form, about agricultural life meant for prosperous country gentlemen.