VULTUS OF THE ROMAN COMMANDER
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Article is devoted such factor of military leadership in Ancient Rome, as vultus the commander. By the end of Republic the method of the Roman military leadership has already developed, that has allowed many commanders to provide an effective control over their soldiers. Generally it was a belief method. The given type of leadership has found application in formal and informal contexts of a life of military camp that demanded from the commander of high level of the control of the appearance, gesture and a voice. In article the conclusion becomes, that though it is difficult to tell unequivocally, that the behaviour of the Roman military leaders was caused by influence of rhetorical training, it is obvious, that their success was defined by the same principles. Personal vultus the commander had here great value both for oratory, and for actually practice of military leadership. The conclusion that as a whole it is possible to speak about defining value on advantage of nonver-bal levers of the Roman commander on soldier’s weight becomes.
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