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Dentatus
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Dentatus (Manius Curius Dentatus) (dĕntā`təs; mā`nēəs kyr`ēəs), d. 270 B.C., Roman general. As consul (290) he defeated the Samnites, Sabines, and Lucani; in his third consulship (275) he drove Pyrrhus Pyrrhus (pĭr`əs), c.318–272 B.C., Molossian king of Epirus.
..... Click the link for more information.  from Italy. Many stories are told of his simplicity and incorruptible honor. He refused to be bribed by Samnite ambassadors, saying that it was more glorious to conquer owners of gold than to possess it himself. He began (272) Rome's second aqueduct, Anio Vetus.


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