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Menenius Agrippa
Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (cos. 503 BC), who by the fable of the belly and the limbs reconciled the plebs to the patricians during the first secession; he died so poor he was buried by public subscription.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §12 Menenius Agrippa
The conciliator of patricians and plebs in 494 BC; he died too poor for a funeral, so the people paid for one by collection.