The office of dictator in Roman Republic was a position that could be filled only at the most critical of times. Cincinnatus, (the name sake for Cincinnati) served as a dictator for only 16 days, swiftly defeated the Volpi, then willingly relinquished his authority, and was like I’m going back to my farm bye

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Happy July 4th: George Washington himself was a huge admirer of Cincinatus (he even setup the Society of Cincinatus for his revolutionary generals) and used him as a role model for a lot of US government structure. Upholding civic virtue, the OG decentralization maxi at least from a separation of powers perspective