Who he? Identify the events portrayed.Hints: Not many tries yet. He is the (indirect) namesake of a US city. The two events portrayed took place about 16 days apart and mark the beginning and end of an event. George Washington often draws parallels with him.
Answer: This is the Roman dictator Cincinnatus who is indirectly the namesake of Cincinnati. He was asked to become the dictator of Rome during wartime by the Roman senate. Giving up his life of farming, he assumed dictatorial powers. He won the war in 16 days and immediately relinquished his power to return to farming. George Washington's refusal to serve a third term as president often is compared to his actions. Ramki, Matti Tapaninen, Jaggi, anon, Kamal Rathi and DrDate got it. Well done.
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Cincinnatus after whom Cincinnati is named. Much like Washington he went to war but in the end wanted to come back to work in his farm with his plough.
The person is Cincinnatus and he leaves the plow for the Roman dictatorship.
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus : taking and giving up dictatorship of Rome.
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Cincinnatus leaves the plow for the Roman dictatorship, Juan Antonio Ribera, c. 1806.
Cincinnatus
Roman aristocrat who served as Dictator..
Due to his son being sentenced to death in absentia, Cincinnatus had to sell most of his lands and move to a small farm where the family subsisted on farming. He was asked to lead Rome (as Dictator)and did so successfully.. at the end of which he went back to his farm. The first painting depicts the senate approaching him to leave the plow for the Roman dictatorship..
The city of Cincinnati is named after him...
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