Both legally and practically speaking, getting to the water’s edge isn’t as straightforward as it might seem – or as many people might like.
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Centuries of management practice were built on cruelty and exploitation. But history also offers a countercurrent – leaders who chose care, fairness and conscience.
More than 2,000 years ago, the depiction of living leaders on Roman coins caused similar ructions. It came at a time when the Roman republic was in trouble.
‘No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated. It was short-hand for ‘tyranny’.
One particularly good example of ‘damnatio memoriae’ involves Crispus, the first son of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Here’s how he became Crispus the Cancelled.
The inviolability of Vestals was predicated on their virginity, which entirely defined their social powers. The control of their sexuality was synonymous with the welfare and politics of the state.
The tradition of a bride garbed in white weaves through two thousand years of history, influenced by the Romans – and Queen Victoria.
US law says the president can’t be indicted, an echo of ancient Roman law. The efforts Roman leader Julius Caesar made to maintain his immunity is a cautionary tale for America’s political system.
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Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Organizational Psychologist and Lecturer in Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
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Assistant Curator for the Ohio State Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, Adjunct Instructor for the Columbus College of Art and Design, The Ohio State University
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PhD Candidate in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Latin Christianity in Late Antiquity, Australian Catholic University
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Professor and Director of the Center for Water Policy, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Professor of Religion and Classics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Water Policy and Science Communications Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee