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20: 516: 84:. Sent on a suicide mission against the enemy camp, instead he captured it while the main force was inconclusively fighting the enemy; Siccius' achievement panicked the Aequians and sent them fleeing from the field, and achieved victory for the Romans. The following year (454 BC), after Romilius' term as consul ended, Dionysius reports that Siccius was elected as one of the 118:
Those antiquarian sources report that Siccius was eight times champion in single combat, with forty five scars on the front of his body and none on the rear. He is reported to have been awarded no less than eighteen
107:, Siccius participated in many military campaigns. He engaged in a variety of military exploits, received many wounds, and was decorated with many honours. 561: 88:, he secured Romilius' conviction but mended relations when Romilius proposed a commission to travel to Greece and study their laws. 520: 437: 261: 23:
Engraving by Ludwig Gottlieb Portman depicting a Lucius Siccius Dentatus' last stand against soldiers ordered to murder him.
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Drummond, Andrew (2012). "Siccius or Sicinius Dentatus, Lucius". In Hornblower, Simon; et al. (eds.).
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According to various Roman antiquarian sources, likely originating largely from
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called him the "Roman Achilles". SP Oakley, a classicist, wrote in the
456: 56: 55:, famed for his martial bravery. He was cast as a champion of the 386: 52: 515: 256:. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 223–25. 81: 413:. Vol. 1. New York: American Philological Association. 134: 115:
that these exploits are "exaggerated beyond credibility".
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awarded for saving the life of a Roman citizen, eight
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He was supposedly murdered for his opposition to the
381: 345: 73:gives him the crucial role in a battle between the 528: 65:His cognomen Dentatus means "born with teeth". 562:Ancient Romans who received the grass crown 16:5th century BC Roman politician and soldier 484:. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 116. 424:(4th ed.). Oxford University Press. 405: 239: 417: 335: 284: 251: 18: 430:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.5906 529: 479: 454: 351: 318:10.36.3–37.5; Val. Max. 3.2.24; Plin. 311: 211: 457:"Single combat in the Roman republic" 411:The magistrates of the Roman republic 67:His exploits are likely fictitious. 13: 314:, p. 409, citing, Dion. Hal. 95:, which itself may be fictitious. 14: 573: 508: 514: 407:Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon 287:"Review of "Beginnings of Rome"" 254:A critical history of early Rome 421:The Oxford classical dictionary 375: 480:Watson, George Ronald (1985). 357: 329: 305: 278: 245: 217: 205: 78:Titus Romilius Rocus Vaticanus 1: 194: 35: 7: 177: 59:in their struggle with the 10: 578: 291:Bryn Mawr Classical Review 224:Dionysius of Halicarnassus 98: 71:Dionysius of Halicarnassus 148:, of which fourteen were 521:Lucius Siccius Dentatus 285:Forsythe, Gary (1997). 252:Forsythe, Gary (2005). 80:of 455 BC and the 537:Ancient Roman generals 24: 552:Tribunes of the plebs 542:5th-century BC Romans 86:tribunes of the plebs 22: 523:at Wikimedia Commons 383:Gaius Julius Solinus 461:Classical Quarterly 455:Oakley, SP (1985). 167:corona obsidionalis 113:Classical Quarterly 369:Naturalis historia 93:Second Decemvirate 39: 450 BC 25: 519:Media related to 482:The Roman soldier 439:978-0-19-954556-8 263:978-0-520-94029-1 228:Roman Antiquities 144:, and twenty six 32:Sicinius Dentatus 569: 518: 503: 476: 451: 414: 393: 392: 379: 373: 361: 355: 349: 343: 338:, citing, Gell. 333: 327: 309: 303: 302: 282: 276: 275: 249: 243: 237: 231: 221: 215: 209: 138:, more than 160 66: 41:) is a supposed 40: 37: 577: 576: 572: 571: 570: 568: 567: 566: 527: 526: 511: 506: 492: 440: 396: 380: 376: 364:Pliny the Elder 362: 358: 350: 346: 334: 330: 322:7.101–3; Gell. 310: 306: 283: 279: 264: 250: 246: 238: 234: 222: 218: 210: 206: 197: 180: 172:corona graminea 161:coronae murales 151:coronae civicae 101: 64: 38: 17: 12: 11: 5: 575: 565: 564: 559: 554: 549: 547:450s BC births 544: 539: 525: 524: 510: 509:External links 507: 505: 504: 490: 477: 467:(2): 392–410. 452: 438: 415: 402: 401: 400: 395: 394: 374: 356: 354:, p. 409. 344: 328: 304: 277: 262: 244: 240:Broughton 1951 232: 216: 203: 202: 201: 196: 193: 192: 191: 186: 179: 176: 156:coronae aureae 100: 97: 28:Lucius Siccius 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 574: 563: 560: 558: 555: 553: 550: 548: 545: 543: 540: 538: 535: 534: 532: 522: 517: 513: 512: 501: 497: 493: 491:0-500-27376-6 487: 483: 478: 474: 470: 466: 462: 458: 453: 449: 445: 441: 435: 431: 427: 423: 422: 416: 412: 408: 404: 403: 398: 397: 390: 389: 384: 378: 371: 370: 365: 360: 353: 348: 341: 337: 336:Drummond 2012 332: 325: 321: 317: 313: 308: 300: 296: 292: 288: 281: 273: 269: 265: 259: 255: 248: 242:, p. 43. 241: 236: 229: 225: 220: 213: 208: 204: 199: 198: 190: 187: 185: 182: 181: 175: 173: 169: 168: 163: 162: 157: 153: 152: 147: 143: 142: 137: 136: 131: 130: 125: 123: 116: 114: 110: 109:Aulus Gellius 106: 96: 94: 89: 87: 83: 79: 76: 72: 68: 62: 58: 54: 50: 49: 44: 33: 29: 21: 481: 464: 460: 420: 410: 387: 377: 367: 359: 347: 339: 331: 323: 319: 315: 307: 290: 280: 253: 247: 235: 227: 219: 207: 189:Sicinia gens 171: 166: 159: 155: 149: 145: 139: 133: 127: 126:twenty-five 122:hastae purae 120: 117: 112: 102: 90: 69: 48:primus pilus 46: 31: 27: 26: 352:Oakley 1985 312:Oakley 1985 230:, 10.36-49. 212:Oakley 1985 184:Siccia gens 531:Categories 388:Polyhistor 195:References 164:, and one 61:patricians 473:0009-8388 448:959667246 372:, XXII. v 342:2.11.1ff. 326:2.11.1–4. 316:Ant. Rom. 299:1055-7660 200:Citations 57:plebeians 45:soldier, 500:42261728 409:(1951). 385:(2011). 272:70728478 178:See also 158:, three 141:armillae 129:phalerae 557:Sicinii 399:Sources 146:coronae 135:torques 99:Honours 53:tribune 498:  488:  471:  446:  436:  297:  270:  260:  75:consul 51:, and 34:(died 132:, 83 105:Varro 82:Aequi 43:Roman 496:OCLC 486:ISBN 469:ISSN 444:OCLC 434:ISBN 295:ISSN 268:OCLC 258:ISBN 426:doi 170:or 30:or 533:: 494:. 465:35 463:. 459:. 442:. 432:. 366:, 340:NA 324:NA 320:HN 293:. 289:. 266:. 226:, 124:, 63:. 36:c. 502:. 475:. 450:. 428:: 301:. 274:.

Index


Roman
primus pilus
tribune
plebeians
patricians
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
consul
Titus Romilius Rocus Vaticanus
Aequi
tribunes of the plebs
Second Decemvirate
Varro
Aulus Gellius
hastae purae
phalerae
torques
armillae
coronae civicae
coronae murales
corona obsidionalis
Siccia gens
Sicinia gens
Oakley 1985
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Broughton 1951
ISBN
978-0-520-94029-1
OCLC
70728478

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