 By gaining power through a vote of confidence from the people and then willingly surrendering power , Selvo , like many other Doges who underwent similar transitions , left a long @-@ term impact on the succession process that would eventually become a model for peaceful , anti @-@ nepotistic transitions of power in a classical republic . Although his deposition did not immediately change the system , it was one of many important changes of power in a society that was in the process of moving away from a monarchy and toward a government led by an elected official . Following the battles at Corfu , Selvo was seen by many as inept and incapable of handling the duties that a Doge must perform . His apparent squandering of nearly the entire fleet coupled with a decade @-@ long distrust for his royal wife caused Selvo to become unpopular in Venice . By responding to the will of the people , Selvo helped shape a society that would eventually create a complicated system to check the power of its most influential members , create cooperative governmental branches that checked each other 's power , and fuse the nation into a classical republic . 
