Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE)

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Roman consul Roman general ancient Roman politician ancient Roman senator

Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) was a Roman statesman and general from a distinguished military family who played a leading role in Rome’s struggle against King Pyrrhus of Epirus during the early 3rd century BCE.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BC)	1
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) canonical	1
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 312 BCE)	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman consul ⓘ Roman general ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ ancient Roman senator ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 3rd century BCE ⓘ
approximateFloruit	early 3rd century BCE ⓘ
cognomen	Mus ⓘ
conflict	war against Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
describedAs	Roman general ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ
distinguishedBy	military family background ⓘ
era	pre-imperial Rome ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Roman ⓘ
familyName	Decius ⓘ
father	Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Publius Decius Mus (consul of 312 BCE)
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Publius ⓘ
grandfather	Publius Decius Mus (consul of 340 BCE) ⓘ
hasAncestorWithCustom	devotio (self-sacrificial battlefield vow) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
memberOf	gens Decia ⓘ
militaryConflictOpponent	Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableFamily	Decii Mures ⓘ
notableWork	leadership in Roman resistance to Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
notedFor	role in Rome’s struggle against King Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
officeEndTime	279 BCE ⓘ
officeStartTime	279 BCE ⓘ
participatedIn	Pyrrhic War ⓘ Pyrrhic War ⓘ surface form: Roman–Pyrrhic conflicts
politicalEntityServed	Roman Republic ⓘ
positionHeld	consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
region	Italy ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyrrhic War → notableCommander → Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) ⓘ

Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) → father → Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Publius Decius Mus (consul of 312 BCE)

Battle of Asculum → commander → Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BC)