Leadership and Initiative in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome (Mnemosyne, Supplements / Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, 453)

"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"--page 4 of cover. ntroduction / Roman M. Frolov Governing a city-state : magistrates, assemblies, and public space in republican Rome / Karl-J. Hölkeskamp Public opinion and political initiative in republican Rome / Alexander Yakobson Acting up : the post of master of the mint as an early-career move in the late Republic / Christopher Burden-Strevens Consulars, political office, and leadership in the middle and late Republic / Catherine Steel Female interventions in politics in the libera res publica : structures and practices / Lewis Webb Urgulania, Plancina, and Livia : women's initiative in early imperial politics / Josiah Osgood "He took care of the city and supported it" : initiative as a prerequisite for Fabius' cunctation / Tassilo Schmitt Political initiative during interregna in the late Roman Republic / Vera V. Dementyeva Leadership through letters : Cicero and Cassius' correspondence in 44-43 BCE / Henriette van der Blom The dynamics of elite agency in a post-Caesar world (44-31 BCE) / Hannah Mitchell Seizing Initiative in the Sphere domi : magistrates, promagistrates, and the Senate at the outset of 32 BCE / Roman M. Frolov Potentiality through conflict : political initiatives, conflict, and the political evolution of the Roman Republic / Oliver Grote Losing the lead : the crisis of the late Roman Republic as a crisis of senatorial leadership / Claudia Tiersch Late republican local rebellions and marches against Rome : agency and initiative in the "Catilinarian insurgency" / Katarina Nebelin Petitioning for change in the Republican Empire / Kit Morrell Omnia deinde arbitrio militum acta : political initiative and agency of the army in late-republican and early imperial Rome / Alexander V. Makhlaiuk The emperor and his generals : military agency in the early principate / Wolfgang Havener. "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"-- Provided by publisher This Volume Breaks New Ground By Exploring How The Political Actors Of Different Formal Statuses, Age, And Gender Were Able To “take The Lead” In Ancient Rome Through Initiating Communication, Proposing New Solutions, And Prompting Others To Act.