How, when, and why to surrender power : the case of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus before and after the plough /

Cincinnatus's willing withdrawal from power as dictator twice during the Roman Republic has inspired many. Our first president, George Washington, is considered to be the "American Cincinnatus." To Lord Byron, Washington was the "Cincinnatus of the West," in his "Ode to...

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