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Cincinnatus

noun

Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC). Synonym: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus.

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... taxation in peace, dangerous by their multitudes in war. There never was, from the seventh century before Christ to the seventh after Christ, but one Roman Empire, which meant, the power over humanity of such men as Cincinnatus and Agricola; it expires as the race and temper of these expire; the nominal extent of it, or brilliancy at any moment, is no more than the reflection, farther or nearer upon the clouds, of the flames of an altar whose fuel was of noble souls. There is no true date ...

— Our Fathers Have Told Us - Part I. The Bible of Amiens • John Ruskin

... laws. The Capitol surprised by exiles and slaves. Quintius Cincinnatus called from the cultivation of his farm in the country, made dictator, and appointed to conduct the war against the AEquans. He conquers the enemy, and makes them pass under the yoke. The number of the tribunes ...

— The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 • Titus Livius

Words linked to "Cincinnatus" : Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, national leader, solon, statesman