Cato was a ROMAN statesman, orator, and writer who lived in the 1st century BC. He is best known for his staunch support of traditional ROMAN values and his famous saying 'Carthago delenda est' (Carthage must be destroyed). His full name was Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, and he was commonly referred to as Cato the Elder or Cato the Censor. The crossword solutions OVA and ROMAN refer to his ROMAN heritage and his full name respectively.