Cato the Elder and Horace Flashcards
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Q
“Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam” or “Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam” (English: “Furthermore, (moreover) I consider that Carthage must be destroyed”) often abbreviated to “Ceterum censeo”, “Carthago delenda est”, or “Delenda est Carthago”
A
Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Q
Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit agresti Latio
Horace
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Greece, the captive, made her savage victor captive, and brought the arts into rustic Latium
Note: also could translate: “captive Greece captured her rude conqueror/wild captor
arts into rustic/rural Latium