'Carthage must be destroyed'—the title of Richard Miles's book was the constant theme of the Roman statesman Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C.). In the last years of his long life, Cato became ...

Roman women filled the Capitoline Hill in the 3rd century BCE when Consul Marcus Porcius Cato resisted attempts to squash laws limiting women’s use to expensive goods. “If they are victorious now, as ...