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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7569583, member: 115909&quot;]A funny thing about successors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edward Gibbon noticed that among the “Five Good Emperors” - <i><b>none </b></i>of them were born “in the purple”.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of them were born destined to become the Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of them were adopted later in their lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet in general they all did a pretty good or even great job.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then Marcus Aurelius decides his son Commodus will be “born in the purple” and succeed him as Emperor. Failing to recognize all of his flaws and profligacies that made him unsuitable for Emperorship.</p><p><br /></p><p>Suddenly the Roman Empire began going downhill.</p><p><br /></p><p>It really proves that merit and ability should chosen over ancestry and Royal blood rights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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