Crisis management during the Roman Republic [electronic resource] : the role of political institutions in emergencies / Gregory K. Golden, Rhode Island College.

Prologue : the winter of discontent
Crisis and the sources for crisis and governmental responses
The Roman dictator
States of emergency : the Tumultus declaration
States of emergency : the Iustitium edict
The Senatus consultum ultimum
Crises resolved by other means
The winter of discontent and the summer which led to a fall
The evolution of crisis response during the Roman Republic
Final thoughts.