A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

5. T.QuinctiusCincinnatusCapitolinus, consular tribune in B. C. 388, and again in 384. In 380, in the war with the Praenestines, he was appointed dictator, gained a decisive victory over them on the banks of the Alia, and in nine days captured nine towns. (Liv. 6.4, 18, 28, 29; Diod. 15.23, 36; Eutrop. 2.2; Festus, s. v. Triens.)