Fragment extracted from the work of Titus Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, dedicated to general and peasant Lucius Quinctius Cincinatus (Kingdom of Rome 519 B.C. – Roman Republic 439 B.C.), which refers to the ethics of power and leadership:

When informed of his appointment he left the plow, went to the Forum, assembled an army, marched to the battlefield, defeated the Aequi, returned to Rome and immediately resigned to dictatorial dignity without attempting to use absolute power more than it was necessary. He then returned to his farm. In Rome he was seen as the example the of virtue of using power without abuse.

This story served as inspiration to generations of Romans, who saw the example of Roman values ​​of civic responsibility and integrity in it.