MANIUS CURIUS See also:

• MANIUS CURIUS DENTATUS

DENTATUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, conqueror of the See also:

• SAMNITES

Samnites and See also:

• PYRRHUS (c. 318–272 B.C.)

Pyrrhus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of humble parents, and was possibly of See also:

• SABINE, SIR EDWARD (1788-1883)

Sabine origin . He is said to have been called See also:

• DENTATUS, MANIUS CURIUS

Dentatus because he was born with his See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth already grown (See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . Hist. vii . 15) . Except that he was See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, nothing certain is known of him until his first See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul-See also:

• SHIP

ship in no B.C. when, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with his colleague P . See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius See also:

• RUFINUS, TYRANNIUS

Rufinus, he gained a decisive victory over the Samnites, which put an end to a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war that had lasted fifty years . He also reduced the revolted Sabines to submission; a large portion of their territory was distributed among the Roman citizens, and the most important towns received the citizenship without the right of voting for magistrates (civitas sine sufjragio) . With .the proceeds of the spoils of the war Dentatus cut an artificial channel to carry off the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Velinus, so as to drain the valley of Reate . In 275, after Pyrrhus had returned from See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, Dentatus (again consul) took the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field against him . The decisive engagement took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place near Beneventum in the See also:

• CAMPI, GIULIO (1500-1572)

Campi Arusini, and resulted in the See also:

• TOTAL

total defeat of Pyrrhus . Dentatus celebrated a magnificent See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph, in which for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a number of captured elephants were exhibited . Dentatus was consul for the third time in 274, when he finally crushed the Lucanians and Samnites, and See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor in 272 .

In the latter capacity he began to build an See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct to carry the waters of the Anio into the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, but died (27o) before its completion . Dentatus was looked upon as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of old Roman simplicity and frugality . According to the well-known See also:

• ANECDOTE (from av-, privative, and isSLSwµu, to give out or publish)

anecdote, when the Samnites sent ambassadors with costly presents to induce him to exercise his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on their behalf in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, they found C him sitting on the See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth and preparing his See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• MEAL

meal of roasted turnips . He refused their gifts, saying that earthen dishes were See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good enough for him, adding that he preferred ruling those who possessed See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold to possessing it himself . It is also said that he died so poor that the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state was obliged to provide dowries for his daughters . But these and similar anecdotes must be received with caution, and it should be remembered that what was a competence in his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day would have been considered poverty by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans of later times . See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, See also:

• EPITOME
• EPITOME (Gr. lircroui, from isrLTEµveW, to cut short)

epitome, 11-14 ; See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius ii . 19 ; See also:

• EUTROPIUS

Eutropius ii . 9, 14; See also:

• FLORUS
• FLORUS, JULIUS
• FLORUS, PUBLIUS ANNIUS

Florus i . 18 ; Val . Max. iv . 3, 5, vi .

3, 4 ; See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, De senectute, 16 ; See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal xi . 78 ; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 25 .