person
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Cincinnatus
also: Quintius
The early republican hero twice called from his plough to a dictatorship; Seneca's example of office pursuing the man rather than the reverse.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §17.6 Quinctius
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, called from the plough to the dictatorship — office pursuing the man.