the Decii
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his grandson · his son · the elder Decius
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Tusculan Disputations (Latin)
the elder Decius, fighting with the Latins, his son with the Etruscans, his grandson with Pyrrhus, would not have flung themselves upon the enemy's weapons;
in the texts
On the Nature of the Gods
Roman family whose members ritually sacrificed themselves in battle (devotio), cited as an example Balbus attributed to divine appeasement
You also think the gods were appeased by the self-devotions of the Decii.
Tusculan Disputations
Three generations of the Decius family who deliberately sacrificed themselves in battle.
the elder Decius, fighting with the Latins, his son with the Etruscans, his grandson with Pyrrhus, would not have flung themselves upon the enemy's weapons;
On Benefits
Roman family (the Decii Mures) renowned for ritual self-sacrifice (devotio) in battle to save Rome, cited as a test case for whether wishing for the crisis first would void their glory.
nothing to the Decii, that they saved their country by their death, if they had first wished that the utmost necessity of affairs should make a place for their most valiant self-devotion.