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Cincinnatus
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Name: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Year of Birth: 519 B.C.
Achievements:
● Became consul in 460 B.C.
● Became dictator of Rome in 458
B.C. and 439 B.C.
● Resigned the dictatorship after a
few days
● Known as a man of virtue
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Rise to Dictatorship
458 B.C.
● Romans were at war with the
Aequi
● Rome in a dire situation- Roman
army was trapped by the Aequi
● Senators went to Cincinnatus’s
farm and told him that he was
nominated dictator for 6 months
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ictar_leyes_a_Roma,_c.1806_de_Juan_Antonio_Ribera.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoke
Roman Victory
● Defeated the Aequi in the Battle of
Mons Algidus
● Cincinnatus forced the losers to
walk under a yoke
● Aequians humiliated
● Cincinnatus gave up dictatorship
16 days after his nomination
(even though he had 6 months)
Yeah, that’s a yoke.
Second Dictatorship
438 B.C.*
● Became dictator a second time because of a grain distribution
scandal
● Was about 80 years old at the time
● Spurius Maelius was rumored to be appealing to the people by giving
out grain in order to support his ambitions as king
● Maelius crushed by Cincinnatus
*Second dictatorship is questioned by scholars
Bibliography
Fite, D. "Cincinnatus." KET Distance Learning. Kentucky Educational Television, 2001. Web. 04 May 2015.
Gill, N. S. "Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus." About Education. About.com, n.d. Web. 02 May 2015.
Goetz, Philip W., and Robert McHenry, eds. "Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius." The New Encyclopaedia
Britannica. 15th ed. 1990. Print.