Cincinatus

People came and were wrecking the Roman people's things and robbing them and burning their houses. The people wanted to kill the men and take the women and children as slaves. The Romans weren't afraid because they though it would be easy to drag the bad people back to their places. The Romans sent almost every fighting man to fight the bad guys. Then the Roman soldiers went to fight them, but the bad guys threw boulders in their way and made a trap. Some soldiers ran back to Rome and told the people what had happened and they said, "go to Cincinatus and he shall help you." They went to Cincinatus, a man who used to be a rich consul but he was only a poor farmer now, and they gave him the power of a King. He sent orders to boys and guards so that they could destroy the bad guys and drive them back to their places. 16 days after, they appeared with good news, they drove them back to their places. Then Cincinatus gave the power back to the Senators and he went back to his plow and his farm.