That’s what you think anyway. I think he’ll be around for a lot longer then that, provided he doesn’t die trying, which is a possibility, perhaps even a strong possibility but after the revolution it becomes less likely.
Still it will cost what it will cost and if that’s the price of not settling for being a slave or a puppet of the priests and aristos ever again, but I guarantee it’s going to come at high price.
Anything is better than having to pretend at “lost nobility” or piety and probably having to marry calea and fathering a bunch of mini Hectors.
With that being said I think he’d be quite prepared to step down as long as it secures the values of the revolution and doesn’t lead to his death as I don’t think he’d particularly like the top job, but rather feels he needs it in order to prevent much worse for himself and his fellow helots.
On the other hand if the yeomen or merchants really force him to commission such a monstrous statue I think he’d have it built in a remote location where almost nobody would see it as a compromise. Though it definitely wouldn’t be gilded as that is a display of decadence too far.
But as long as we’re talking about statues he does actually have an idea for a couple of nice new ones.