Popular Leadership and Collective Behavior in the Late Roman Republic (Ca. 80 - 50 B.C.) (Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology)

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 ofthe 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