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A Roman senator from the third century B.C.E. Cato the Censor was opposed to Hellenization, or the spread of Greek culture, and he wanted to banish all Greek books from Rome. Cato’s call to ban books was fought and overruled by Scipio and the other Roman senators, and Greek books were not banned in Rome.
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Cato the Censor Character Timeline in Areopagitica
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Areopagitica
In Rome, Cato the Censor despised Carneades and Critolaus and “moved it in the Senate to dismiss them speedily, and...
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