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Cincinnatus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman statesman of the 5th century BCE. According to tradition he was called from ploughing his farm in 458 BCE to serve as dictator, rescued a Roman army trapped by the Aequi on Mount Algidus, and gave up his power after sixteen days to return to the plough. He became the Roman model of civic virtue.
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