# Cato > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cato > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cato.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato > Source revision: 1347197226 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{wiktionarypar|Cato|cato|CATO}} '''Cato''' typically refers to either '''[Cato the Elder](/source/Cato_the_Elder)''' or '''[Cato the Younger](/source/Cato_the_Younger)''', both of the Porcii Catones family of Rome. It may also refer to: {{TOC right}} ==People== ===Ancient Romans=== * [Porcii Catones](/source/Porcii_Catones), a plebeian family at Ancient Rome * [Cato the Elder](/source/Cato_the_Elder) (Cato Maior) or "the Censor" (Marcus Porcius Cato 234–149 BC), Roman statesman ** [Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus](/source/Marcus_Porcius_Cato_Licinianus), 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 Cato (consul 114 BC)](/source/Gaius_Porcius_Cato_(consul_114_BC)), son of Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC ** [Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus](/source/Marcus_Porcius_Cato_Salonianus), 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 Younger](/source/Cato_the_Younger) (Cato Minor) "Cato of Utica" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95–46 BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic ***** [Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger)](/source/Marcus_Porcius_Cato_(son_of_Cato_the_Younger)), fell at the Battle of Philippi, 42 BC *** [Lucius Porcius Cato](/source/Lucius_Porcius_Cato), son of Cato Salonianus, consul 89 BC, killed during the Social War (91–87 BC) * [Dionysius Cato](/source/Dionysius_Cato), 3rd or 4th century AD author of ''Distichs of Cato'' ===Others=== * [Cato (surname)](/source/Cato_(surname)) * [Cato (given name)](/source/Cato_(given_name)) * Jemmy, also known as "Cato", the leader of the [Stono Rebellion](/source/Stono_Rebellion), a 1739 slave revolt in South Carolina ==Pseudonym== * Cato, the pseudonym used in the 1720s by the authors of ''[Cato's Letters](/source/Cato's_Letters)'', i.e. John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon * Cato the anti-Federalist, pseudonym for an American author of the [Anti-Federalist Papers](/source/Anti-Federalist_Papers) in the late 1780s, probably the politician [George Clinton](/source/George_Clinton_(vice_president)) * Cato, the pseudonym for the authors of the 1940s polemic ''[Guilty Men](/source/Guilty_Men)'' ==Fictional characters== * [Cato Fong](/source/Cato_Fong), Inspector Clouseau's manservant in the Pink Panther movies * Cato, a [tribute in ''The Hunger Games''](/source/List_of_The_Hunger_Games_characters) * [Quintus Licinius Cato](/source/Quintus_Licinius_Cato), in Simon Scarrow’s ''Eagles of the Empire'' series * Cato Weeksbooth, in the ''[Terra Ignota](/source/Terra_Ignota)'' series by Ada Palmer ==Places== ===Australia=== * Cato Bank, the bank that contains the [Cato Reef](/source/Cato_Reef) * Cato Island, an island in the [Cato Reef](/source/Cato_Reef) * [Cato Reef](/source/Cato_Reef), a reef in the Coral Sea * [Cato Trough](/source/Cato_Trough), a trough in the Coral Sea ===United States=== * [Cato, Indiana](/source/Cato%2C_Indiana), an unincorporated community * [Cato, Kansas](/source/Cato%2C_Kansas), an unincorporated community * [Cato Township, Michigan](/source/Cato_Township%2C_Michigan) * [Cato, Missouri](/source/Cato%2C_Missouri), an unincorporated community * [Cato (town), New York](/source/Cato_(town)%2C_New_York) * [Cato (village), New York](/source/Cato_(village)%2C_New_York) * [Cato, Pennsylvania](/source/Cato%2C_Pennsylvania), an unincorporated community * [Cato, Tennessee](/source/Cato%2C_Tennessee), an unincorporated community in [Trousdale County](/source/Trousdale_County%2C_Tennessee) * [Cato, Wisconsin](/source/Cato%2C_Wisconsin), a town * [Cato (community), Wisconsin](/source/Cato_(community)%2C_Wisconsin), an unincorporated community ==Literature== * ''[Distichs of Cato](/source/Distichs_of_Cato)'', or simply ''Cato'', a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by Dionysius Cato from the 3rd or 4th century AD * ''[Cato, a Tragedy](/source/Cato%2C_a_Tragedy)'', an 18th-century drama by Joseph Addison ==Ships== * {{HMS|Cato}}, three Royal Navy vessels * [''Cato'' (1800 ship)](/source/Cato_(1800_ship)), an English merchant ship sunk on the Great Barrier Reef in 1803 * [''Cato'' (1807 ship)](/source/Cato_(1807_ship)), a merchant ship which foundered in 1841 ==Technology== * CATO, an acronym used in [rocketry](/source/Model_rocket), for Catastrophe At Take Off * CATO, an acronym for Catapult [Assisted take-off](/source/Assisted_take-off) * Corazón Artificial Total Ortotópico (Spanish for Orthotopic Total Artificial Heart) invented by [Juan Giambruno](/source/Juan_Giambruno) ==Other uses== * [Cato Corporation](/source/Cato_Corporation), an American fashion retailer * [Cato Networks](/source/Cato_Networks), an Israeli network security company * [Cato Institute](/source/Cato_Institute), an American libertarian think tank * Cato, a [South Devon Railway Eagle class](/source/South_Devon_Railway_Eagle_class) 4-4-0ST steam locomotive ==See also== * [Catto (disambiguation)](/source/Catto_(disambiguation)) * [Kato (disambiguation)](/source/Kato_(disambiguation)) * {{lookfrom|Cato}} * {{intitle|Cato}} {{disambig|geo}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato?action=history)). 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