Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was Roman Consul in 460 av. J.C and Roman Dictateur twice in 458 and 439 av. J.C.

He exerted his first dictatorship at the time when Rome was threatened in the east by the Èques and in south-east by the Volsques.

According to the tradition, Cincinnatus was devoted to the culture of its grounds when the senators begged it to accept the supreme command. It knew that its departure was likely to impoverish its family, so in its absence harvests were not assured. Nevertheless, it accepted and in sixteen days, it beat the Èques with the Bataille of the mount Algide, celebrated a Triomphe and abdicated its load. Its restitution of the absolute capacity as of the end of the crisis became an example of good command, devotion to the public property and virtue of modesty.

It was let draw from its retirement one second time to again exert the dictatorship in 439 to subdue a revolt of the Plèbe.

It is possible that Cincinnatus was a dictator tusculan, the family of the Quinctii being of Latin origin. Later, the Roman historians will annex to the history of Rome the events and the men of the conflicts of the time, which had besides only the dimension of seasonal raids.

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