M. Curius Dentatus

M Curius Dentatus (died 270 BC), full name Manius Curius Dentatus, was a Roman of the old stamp. As consul he gained two victories over rival States and two triumphs in one year. He drove Pyrrhus out of Italy (275 B.C.), and brought to Rome immense booty, of which he would take nothing to himself. In his retirement took to tilling a small farm with his own hand.

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