Born in Tusculum, Italy, in 234 B.C., died in 149;
celebrated as statesman, general, and writer; questor under
Scipio in 204; Consul in 195; served in Spain in 194; censor
in 184; ambassador to Carthage in 150; one of the chief
instigators of the third Punic war; among his writings are
"De Re Rustica" and "Origines."[1]