Leadership and initiative in late Republican and early Imperial Rome / / edited by Roman M. Frolov, Christopher Burden-Strevens.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume 543
• TeilnehmendeR: Frolov, Roman M.,; Burden-Strevens, Christopher,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; Volume 543.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (538 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

What does it mean to be a leader? This collection of seventeen studies breaks new ground in our understanding of leadership in ancient Rome by re-evaluating the difference between those who began a political action and those who followed or reacted. In a significant change of approach, this volume shifts the focus from archetypal "leaders" to explore the potential for individuals of different ranks, social statuses, ages, and genders to seize initiative. In so doing, the contributors provide new insight into the ways in which the ability to initiate communication, invent solutions, and prompt others to act resonated in critical moments of Roman history.

Table of Contents

List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Roman M. Frolov -- Part 1 Locating Political Initiative in Republican Rome -- 2 Governing a City-State: Magistrates, Assemblies, and Public Space in Republican Rome -- Karl-J. Hölkeskamp -- 3 Public Opinion and Political Initiative in Republican Rome -- Alexander Yakobson -- Part 2 Seniority and Status as Factors of Political Agency -- 4 Acting Up: The Post of Master of the Mint as an Early-Career Move in the Late Republic -- Christopher Burden-Strevens -- 5 Consulars, Political Office, and Leadership in the Middle and Late Republic -- Catherine Steel -- Part 3 Women's Initiative in Roman Politics -- 6 Female Interventions in Politics in the libera res publica : Structures and Practices -- Lewis Webb -- 7 Urgulania, Plancina, and Livia: Women's Initiative in Early Imperial Politics -- Josiah Osgood -- Part 4 Political Initiative in Emergencies -- 8 "He Took Care of the City and Supported It": Initiative as a Prerequisite for Fabius' cunctatio -- Tassilo Schmitt -- 9 Political Initiative during interregna in the Late Roman Republic -- Vera V. Dementyeva -- Part 5 Leadership at a Time of Change -- 10 Leadership through Letters: Cicero and Cassius' Correspondence in 44-43 bce -- Henriette van der Blom -- 11 The Dynamics of Elite Agency in a Post-Caesar World (44-31 bce ) -- Hannah Mitchell -- 12 Seizing Initiative in the Sphere domi : Magistrates, Promagistrates, and the Senate at the Outset of 32 bce -- Roman M. Frolov -- Part 6 Fighting for Initiative -- 13 Potentiality through Conflict: Political Initiatives, Conflict, and the Political Evolution of the Roman Republic -- Oliver Grote -- 14 Losing the Lead: The Crisis of the Late Roman Republic as a Crisis of Senatorial Leadership -- Claudia Tiersch -- Part 7 Political Initiative outside of Rome -- 15 Late Republican Local Rebellions and Marches against Rome: Agency and Initiative in the "Catilinarian Insurgency" -- Katarina Nebelin -- 16 Petitioning for Change in the Republican Empire -- Kit Morrell -- Part 8 Political Initiative and Leadership in Military Contexts -- 17 Omnia deinde arbitrio militum acta : Political Initiative and Agency of the Army in Late-Republican and Early Imperial Rome -- Alexander V. Makhlaiuk -- 18 The Emperor and His Generals: Military Agency in the Early Principate -- Wolfgang Havener -- Index.