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Manius Curius Dentatus

390 BC - 270 BC

Manius Curius Dentatus

Manius Curius Dentatus (died 270 BC) was a Roman general and statesman noted for ending the Samnite War and for his military exploits during the Pyrrhic War. According to Pliny, he was born with teeth, thus earning the surname Dentatus, "toothed." Dentatus was a tribune of the plebs sometime between 298 and 291 BC. As tribune, he foiled efforts by the interrex Appius Claudius Caecus to keep plebeian candidates out of the consular elections. If his tribunate is dated to 291, his actions advanced his own candidacy, but since Appius served three times as interrex, the earliest date accords better with the timeline of Dentatus's own career. Dentatus served his first term as consul in 290 BC, with a colleague by the name of P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manius Curius Dentatus has received more than 86,613 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Manius Curius Dentatus is the 8,370th most popular politician (down from 8,240th in 2019).

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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among politicians, Manius Curius Dentatus ranks 8,370 out of 19,576. Before him are Mariano Rumor, John I, Duke of Brittany, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Wang Ming, Željko Komšić, and Raymond du Puy. After him are Trương Tấn Sang, Aristobulus III of Judea, Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany, Étienne Maurice Gérard, Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, and Margaret Bondfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390 BC, Manius Curius Dentatus ranks 11. Before him are Hypereides, Hakor, Peucestas, Hieronymus of Cardia, Alexander V of Macedon, and Tiberius Coruncanius. After him are Dinostratus, Pamphilus, Jaimini, and Coenus. Among people deceased in 270 BC, Manius Curius Dentatus ranks 3. Before him are Arsinoe II, and Polemon. After him is Alexis.