Manius Curius Dentatus

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ancient Roman general ancient Roman politician censor of the Roman Republic consul of the Roman Republic

Manius Curius Dentatus was a prominent early Roman general and statesman best known for his victories over the Samnites and Pyrrhus of Epirus and for exemplifying traditional Roman frugality and virtue.

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Label Occurrences
Manius Curius Dentatus canonical 2
Manius 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman general ⓘ
ancient Roman politician ⓘ
censor of the Roman Republic ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
allegiance Roman Republic ⓘ
anecdote famously refused Samnite bribes while cooking a simple meal of turnips ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath 270s BC ⓘ
battle Battle of Beneventum ⓘ
censorshipYear 272 BC ⓘ
citizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
cognomen Dentatus ⓘ
consulshipYear 274 BC ⓘ
275 BC ⓘ
290 BC ⓘ
culture ancient Roman ⓘ
defeated Bruttians ⓘ
Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
Sabines ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
era early Roman Republic ⓘ
infrastructureProject construction of the Curius Aqueduct (Aqua Curius) to Rome ⓘ
drainage of the Velino marshes ⓘ
knownFor exemplifying Roman frugality ⓘ
exemplifying Roman virtue ⓘ
victories over Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
victories over the Samnites ⓘ
legacy symbol of old Roman simplicity and integrity ⓘ
militaryConflict Pyrrhic War ⓘ
Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: Third Samnite War
moralExemplarFor Roman civic virtue ⓘ
Roman frugality ⓘ
nomen Curius ⓘ
notableVirtue contempt for luxury ⓘ
numberOfConsulships 3 ⓘ
officeHeld censor of the Roman Republic ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
praetor of the Roman Republic ⓘ
praenomen Manius Curius Dentatus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manius
reputation austere ⓘ
frugal ⓘ
incorruptible ⓘ
roleInBattle Roman commander at the Battle of Beneventum ⓘ
socialClass plebeian ⓘ
sourceMention Cicero ⓘ
Frontinus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
tribeOrGens gens Curia ⓘ

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Pyrrhic War → notableCommander → Manius Curius Dentatus ⓘ
Battle of Beneventum → commander → Manius Curius Dentatus ⓘ
Manius Curius Dentatus → praenomen → Manius Curius Dentatus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manius