|  | | Cincinnatus | | | | also known as | Civilization: | Roman: Rome | Lucius Quinctius | Era: | Early Republic | | 519–439 BC | Field of Renown: | military: Dictator |
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"Put on thy robe and hear the words of the people."
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Cincinnatus is famous for returning to his farm after sixteen glorious days as a dictator. He was a
former consul who had retired to his farm, when the Roman Senate, with great ceremony, offered
him the dictatorship because the Roman army had become trapped while fighting the Æquians. Cincinnatus
quickly raised an army, marched on the enemy, and rescued the trapped Consul’s army in a single day.
After a week of celebrations in Rome, he returned to his farm, and picked up his plow where he
had left it.
Cincinnatus was recalled out of retirement many years later to put down a plebeian revolt.
Key events during the life of cincinnatus
| Year |
Event |
| 460 BC |
Elected Consul. |
| 458 BC |
Offered Dictatorship to save army stuck in a trap. |
| 439 BC |
Second Dictatorship, revolt of plebeians. |
| Contemporary |
Short Biography |
| Minucius |
Consul whose army was trapped by the Aequians. |
| Gracchus Cloelius |
Leader of Aequian army |
| Maelius |
Rich plebeian who gave money to poor, killed by jealous senate. |
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Cincinnatus 
Put on thy robe and hear the words of the people.'
A Roman Army passing under the Yoke