person
Publius Decius Mus (the son)
Decius the son
also: filius, P. Decius Mus the younger
Consul 312, 308, 297, and 295 BC, son of the elder Decius Mus; he too is said to have 'devoted' himself to death in battle, at Sentinum (295 BC) against the Etruscans and Samnites. The second of three self-sacrificing Decii.