Publius Decius Mus (consul 340 BC)

Decius Mus reporting his dream on the battlefield, in a painting by Jacob Matthias Schmutzer (1733–1811)

Publius Decius Mus, son of Quintus, of the plebeian gens Decia, was a Roman consul in 340 BC. He is noted particularly for sacrificing himself in battle through the ritual of devotio, as recorded by the Augustan historian Livy.


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