biography
| name: |
Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius
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pronunciation:
[sinsinahtus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (5th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Roman statesman, farmer, and folk hero. Called from the plough and given absolute power to rescue the Roman army of the consul Minucius, which had been trapped by the Aequi (458 BC), he voluntarily gave up this power and returned to his farm, as soon as the crisis was over. |
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