Cincinnatus Returns to His Field (Cincinnatus et Fasces)
Roman tradition praised Cincinnatus for accepting emergency authority, completing his task, and then returning power to resume work on his farm.
Grades 6–8. Places and stories.
How it connects
Fasces symbolized public authority, while ager recalls the field to which Cincinnatus returned.
Latin words that go with this card: ager, dux, civis.