biography
| name: |
Camillus, Marcus Furius
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pronunciation:
[kamilus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (447–365 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman patrician who first appears as censor in 403 BC. He was five times made dictator, and carried out several military victories. In 390 BC, according to legend, he is said to have driven the Gauls from Rome. He routed the Aequi, Volsci, and Etrusci, and in 367 BC defeated the Gauls near Alba. |
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