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?