Decii Mures

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ancient Roman family plebeian family

The Decii Mures were a prominent plebeian Roman family renowned for several members who famously sacrificed themselves in battle for the Republic.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Decii	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman family ⓘ plebeian family ⓘ
associatedRitual	devotio ⓘ
classStatus	nobiles (plebeian nobility) ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Roman historiography ⓘ Roman moral exempla tradition ⓘ
country	Roman Republic ⓘ
culture	Roman culture ⓘ
ethnicity	Roman ⓘ
governanceForm	Roman magistracies ⓘ
hasMember	Publius Decius Mus (consul 279 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Decius Mus (consul 312 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Decius Mus (consul 340 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldOffice	consulship ⓘ military command ⓘ
ideology	Roman pietas ⓘ Roman virtus ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legacy	exempla of devotion to the state ⓘ
memberOf	gens Decia NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryConflict	Latin War NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrhic War NERFINISHED ⓘ Samnite Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	devotio ritual ⓘ self‑sacrifice in battle ⓘ
politicalAlignment	supporters of the Roman Republic ⓘ
politicalRole	consular family ⓘ
politicalSystem	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman religion ⓘ
reputation	military valor ⓘ patriotic self‑sacrifice ⓘ
sacrificialAct	ritual battlefield self‑devotion to the gods ⓘ
socialClass	plebeian ⓘ
source	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerius Maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ 4th century BC ⓘ

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

Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) → notableFamily → Decii Mures ⓘ

Anicii → relatedFamily → Decii Mures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Decii