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Quinctius Cincinnatus
the Quinctii
also: Quinctiis, the Quinctii
The Quinctii, an old patrician house (above all Cincinnatus, summoned from the plow to a dictatorship and laying it down at once); a byword for high office held only at the state's need.
Reading notes
- Panegyric to Trajan §57 the Quinctii
The Quinctii, an old patrician house, above all Cincinnatus, called from the plow to a dictatorship and resigning it at once; a byword for power held only at the state's need.