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The Roman Mos Maiorum
• Fides• Pietas• Disciplina• Gravitas• Virtus• Dignitas• Auctoritas
Lucius Junius Brutus• With Collatinus, first
Consul of Roman Republic
• Executed his own son for treason
• What aspects of the mos maiorum does Brutus exemplify?
Horatius Cocles• Defended the Pons
Sublicius against the Etruscan army
• Singlehandedly saved the Republic from destruction
• What aspects of the mos maiorum does Horatius exemplify?
Mucius Scaevola• Attempted to kill
the Etruscan king• Sacrificed his hand
(and almost his life) for Rome
• What aspects of the mos maiorum does Scaevola exemplify?
Cincinnatus• A citizen-soldier of
Rome• Accepted dictatorial
power, and set it aside
• What aspects of the mos maiorum does Cincinnatus exemplify?
Marcus Furius Camillus• Conquered the rival city
of Veii• Opposed the
population of Veii by the Romans, and the redistribution of wealth
• Exiled for his opinion• When the Gauls sacked
Rome in 387 BC, he raised a private army and freed Rome
• What aspects of the mos maiorum does Cincinnatus exemplify?
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus• One of the Cornelii, a
very old and prestigious family
• After 15 years of failed attempts, he drove Hannibal back to Carthage
• Defeated him in 204 BC
• What aspects of the mos maiorum does Cincinnatus exemplify?