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| − | * '''Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus:''' (520 BC – 430 BC) an aristocrat and political figure of the Roman Republic, serving as Roman dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC. Elevated to | + | * '''Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus:''' (520 BC – 430 BC) an aristocrat and political figure of the Roman Republic, serving as Roman dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC. Elevated to absolute power in the midst of a dire war, he immediately and famously resigned and returned to his farm ("turned his back") once the crisis was past. |
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- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus: (520 BC – 430 BC) an aristocrat and political figure of the Roman Republic, serving as Roman dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC. Elevated to absolute power in the midst of a dire war, he immediately and famously resigned and returned to his farm ("turned his back") once the crisis was past.
