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One politician with this name patronized the philosopher Athenodoros Cordylion, who lived with him in Rome in his old age. Another leader with this name may have been killed by Gaius Marius the Younger while fighting Marsic forces at Fucine Lake. While serving under Glabrio in fighting the Seleucids at Thermopylae, a general with this name led a decisive surprise attack on the Aetolians. A man with this name praised the utility of cabbages in his De Agri (10[1])Cultura. (10[2])After the Battle of Thapsus, a man with this name committed suicide in Utica (10[1])to avoid (10[1])Julius Caesar’s clemency. Greek influence on Roman culture was opposed by a 184 BCE censor with this name known as “the Elder.” For 10 points, a man of what name repeatedly ended speeches with “Carthage must be destroyed”? ■END■

ANSWER: Cato [accept Marcus Porcius Cato or Lucius Porcius Cato or Cato the Younger or Cato the Elder; prompt on Porcius by asking “what cognomen do those men share?”] (The first and fifth lines refer to Cato the Younger. The second line refers to Lucius Porcius Cato, grandson of Cato the Elder.)
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