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5 unusual facts about Cincinnatus


Cincinnati City Hall

Stained glass windows were installed which depict Cincinnatus and illustrate Cincinnati's early history.

Francisco Mariño y Soler

:Cincinnatus: Item taken from L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, and generally virtuous Roman patrician who saved Rome from the Celtic invasions from the North.

Juan Antonio Ribera

He won a prize, which allowed him to be awarded a scholarship in Paris where he worked in the studio of Jacques-Louis David, where he produced his notable Cincinnatus leaving the plow to make laws to Rome.

Lucius Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus, ancient Roman politician of the 5th and 6th centuries BC

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I

An eccentric brother of his mother claimed the naming of her children, and called them after his favorite historical heroes, in Lamar's case the Roman statesman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus.


Jeremiah W. Dwight

Born April 17, 1819 in Cincinnatus, New York, his father was Elijah Dwight (1797–1868) and mother was Olive Standish (1795–1874), descended from Myles Standish.

José da Cunha Taborda

After studying painting under Joaquim Manuel da Rocha, he went in 1788 to Rome, where he placed himself under the tuition of Antonio Cavallucci, and gained reputation by a picture of 'The Summoning of Cincinnatus to the Dictatorship.'

Union County, Indiana

Union County is the birthplace of Thomas Warren Bennett, Mary Alice Smith (Little Orphan Annie), Cincinnatus Hiner "Joaquin" Miller, Jay Hall Connaway, Major General Frederick Leroy Martin and Ambrose Burnside.


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