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Plutarch was more or less writing for this exact purpose. Ditto Xenophon's Cyropaedia, which presented the education of an ideal leader. The Aeneid was largely also presenting an ideal hero/leader. Much of ancient history writing was pedagogic, meant to present ideal leaders to emulate, and mistakes to avoid.
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