CincinnatusBy Sol Kwon

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Name: Lucius Quinctius CincinnatusYear 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 Dictatorship458 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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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)

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Second Dictatorship438 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.