# Cato the Elder — The Social Contract character guide

> Cato the Elder in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cato, the elder Cato

**First appearance:** 0053-vii-the-censorship

## Who they are

Roman censor and moralist cited on virtue and censorship.

## In the story

### [V: The Tribunate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_social_contract_se/chapters/v-the-tribunate)

Referenced implicitly through Roman examples of tribunes.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_social_contract_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cited for his scrupulousness regarding the military oath and the right of war among the Romans.

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