Plutarch, in his biography of Cato in the Parallel Lives, written in Greek: "δοκεῖ δέ μοι καὶ Καρχηδόνα μὴ εἶναι."[1] Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History: "[Cato] clamaret omni senatu Carthaginem delendam."[18] Aurelius Victor in his De Viris Illustribus: "Carthaginem delendam censuit."[19] Florus, in his Epitome of Livy: "Cato inexpiabili odio delendam esse Carthaginem… pronunciabat."[20]