Your counter argument is a man whose nepotism ended the the reign of the Good Emperors and put a raving megalomaniac in charge? I'm trying not to be snarky, bu

Your counter argument is a man whose nepotism ended the the reign of the Good Emperors and put a raving megalomaniac in charge? I'm trying not to be snarky, but it feels like his experiment with Commodus is a massive example of how power does corrupt. Perhaps you were thinking of Cincinnatus?