Popular Leadership and Collective Behavior in the Late Roman Republic (ca. 80 - 50 B. C. ).

• Superior document: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Author: J.J. Vanderbroeck, Paul.
• Place / Publishing House: Piraí : : BRILL,, 2022.; ©1987.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Popular Leadership and Collective Behavior in the Late Roman Republic (ca. 80-50 B.C.) -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Theoretical Starting-Points -- Rome in the Late Republic: The Preconditions for Collective Behavior -- 1. Leadership -- Top Leaders -- Assistant Leader -- lntermediate Leaders -- 2. Participation -- Plebs Urbana and Plebs Rustica -- The Spectators at the Games -- Patronage and the Development of a Public Clientele -- Plebs Contionalis -- The Participants and their Susceptibility to Popular Policy -- 3. Mobilization -- Communication and Propaganda -- Organization -- Symbols -- Precipitating Incidents -- Opportunity: Time and Place -- The Role of Leadership -- Image Building -- Conclusions -- 4. Collective Behavior -- Public Manifestations -- Demontrations -- Assemblies -- Collective Violence -- Repression -- 5. Politics -- lmpact -- The Strategy of the Leadership -- Politicization and the Absence of a Social Movement -- 6. Sources -- The Negative Image of the Demagogue -- The Positive/Neutral Image of the Demagogue -- The Image of the Demagogue and the Sources of the Late Republic -- Appian and Sallust -- Demagogos and Popularis -- The lmage of the Crowd -- The Problem of Perception -- Epilogue -- The Achievement of Augustus -- Appendices -- A. Prosopography of Assistant Leaders -- B. Collective Behavior 78-49 B.C -- C. The Negative Image of the Demagogue in Fourth-Century Greek Authors -- D. The Negative Image of the Demagogue in the Sources on the Roman Republic from 80-50 B.C -- E. The Negative Image of the Demagogue in Appian and Sallust -- Bibliography -- Index -- Sarnenvatting -- Curriculum Vitae.