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

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Superior document:Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
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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)
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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.