This is also the family name of the politician who, after hearing about the Republican defeat at the Battle of Thapsus, committed suicide in Utica, and rallied the (*) Optimates in opposing the agricultural reforms pushed by Julius Caesar.
This is the family name most commonly used to refer to the politician who tried to stop the repeal of a law banning female displays of wealth, the Lex Oppia, who shared the consulship with his mentor Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and wrote the Origines, the first prose history in Latin. This is also the family name of the politician who, after hearing about the Republican defeat at the Battle of Thapsus, committed suicide in Utica, and rallied the (*) Optimates in opposing the agricultural reforms pushed by Julius Caesar. The earlier Roman politician with this name ended every speech, no matter the topic, with the phrase "Carthago Delenda Est," meaning "Carthage must be destroyed." For 10 points, give this name shared by an Elder and Younger Roman Republic statesman.
This is the family name most commonly used to refer to the politician who tried to stop the repeal of a law banning female displays of wealth, the Lex Oppia, who shared the consulship with his mentor Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and wrote the Origines, the first prose history in Latin.
 Cato [or Cato the Elder; or Cato the Younger; or Marcus Porcius Cato; or Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis] 