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Cincinnatus
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two time Roman dictator
Key facts
- Born
- c. 519 BC
- Died
- c. 430 BC (aged c. 89 )
- Office
- Consul (460 BC) Dictator (458, 439 BC)
- Spouse
- Racilia
- Children
- Caeso Quinctius Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus
- Family
- Quinctia gens
- Battles wars
- Battle of Mount Algidus (458 BC)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Roman Republic
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- Roman consul
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Military rank
- legatus
- Image
- Cincinnatus Cincinnatorum.png
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- date of birth
- 0519-00-00
- Commons category
- Cincinnatus
- date of death
- 0430-00-00
- name in native language
- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
- gens
- Quinctia gens
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (c. 519 – c. 430 BC) was a Roman patrician, statesman, and military leader of the early Roman Republic who became a famous model of Roman virtue—particularly civic virtue—by the time of the late Republic.
Modern historians question some particulars of the story of Cincinnatus that was recounted in Livy's History of Rome and elsewhere, but it is usually accepted that Cincinnatus was a historical figure who served as suffect consul in 460 BC and as dictator in 458 BC and (possibly) again in 439 BC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cincinnatus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.