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n. - Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue.

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  • Lucius Quinctius, was called Cincinnatus, from his long flowing curls of hair.
  • Politically, Pliny recognizes the necessity of the empire, but his heroes are old Romans such as Cincinnatus and Cato.
  • Q. Cincinnatus consensu patrum in dictatorem Romanum electus.
  • They said the president thinks the Cincinnatus thing isn't working.
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