Serrānus

, a surname given to Cincinnatus, because he was found sowing his fields when told that he had been elected dictator. Some, however, suppose that Serran us was a different person from Cincinnatus. Pliny , bk. 18 , ch. 3 .— Livy , bk. 3 , ch. 26 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 6 , li. 844 .――One of the auxiliaries of Turnus, killed in the night by Nisus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 9 , li. 335 .――A poet of some merit in Domitian’s reign. Juvenal , satire 7, li. 80 .