Cato the Elder and Horace Flashcards

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“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”

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Carthage Must Be Destroyed

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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

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