Cincinnatus, the First Roman Dictator, Defeated Rome’s Attackers and Then Resigned (458 BCE) Watch the video here – click “ANCIENT ROME” to begin By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) Legendary Perspective The traditional account, dated to 509 BCE, depicts the Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus as a cruel and tyrannical ruler. The breaking point …
