Crisis Management during the Roman Republic : The Role of Political Institutions in Emergencies (Hardcover)

1. Crisis and the sources for crisis and governmental responses; 2. The Roman dictator; 3. States of emergency: the tumultus declaration; 4. States of emergency: the iustitium edict; 5. The senatus consultum ultimum; 6. Crises resolved by other means; 7. The winter of discontent and the summer which led to a fall; 8. The evolution of crisis response during the Roman Republic.