person
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Cincinnatus
also: Cincinnatus
Father of Caeso and the great exemplum of Roman virtue; called from his plough to the dictatorship, he rescued a trapped army and laid down power within sixteen days.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 3 §12 Cincinnatus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Caeso's father, who pleads for his son; soon to be the great exemplum of the citizen-dictator called from his plough.
- The History of Rome, Book 4 §6 Cincinnatus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the model of the citizen-dictator summoned from his plough; twice dictator.
- The History of Rome, Book 8 §33 Quinctius Cincinnatus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, cited as a model of a dictator's restraint toward the consul Minucius.