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Sequenti anno cum in Algido monte ab urbe duodecimo ferme miliario Romanus obsideretur exercitus, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus dictator est factus, qui agrum quattuor iugerum possidens manibus suis colebat. Is cum in opere et arans esset inventus, sudore deterso togam praetextam accepit et caesis hostibus liberavit exercitum.
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus was Roman consul in 460BC and dictator twice, in 458BC and 439BC. His first term as dictator began when Rome was being menaced by the Aequi tribe from the east and the Voslcians from the southeast. The Roman Senate pleaded with Cincinnatus to assume the mantle of dictator to save the city.
The career of Cincinnatus has become so tied up in legend that extracting actual events is impossible. According to the analists, Cincinnatus had settled into a life of farming and knew that his departure could mean starvation for his family if the crops went unsown in his absence. He assented to the request anyway and within sixteen days had defeated the Aequi and the Voslcians. His immediate resignation of his absolute authority with the end of the crisis has often been cited as an example of good leadership, service to the public good, and the virtue of modesty.
Lucio Quinzio Cincinnato personaggio romano dei primordi della Repubblica, famoso per la semplicità e l'austerità dei costumi
Le vicende della sua vita furono tramandate in una luce di leggenda: nel 460 a.C. egli avrebbe ricevuto la nomina a console portatagli dai littori mentre come modesto contadino arava il suo campicello; eletto dittatore nel 458 per soccorrere il console Minucio assediato dagli Equi, dopo avere sbaragliato i nemici e riportato il trionfo, a sedici giorni dalla nomina rinunciò alla carica per ritornare alla semplice vita di campagna.