| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Cato |
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| (KAY-toh) A politician of ancient Rome, known for his insistence that Carthage was Rome’s permanent enemy. He had a custom of ending all his speeches in the Roman senate with the words “Carthage must be destroyed.” | 1 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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