Money and power in the Roman republic / Hans Beck, Martin Jehne, and John Serrati (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beck, Hans, 1969- editor.

Jehne, Martin, editor.

Serrati, John, editor.

Series:

Collection Latomus ; v. 355.

Collection Latomus ; volume 355

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Economic conditions--510-30 B.C--Congresses.

Rome.

Economic history.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bruxelles : Editions Latomus, 2016.

Summary:

Rome's transformation from a regional force in Latium into a Mediterranean superpower (4th to 1st centuries BCE) was accompanied by an accelerated change of economic realities. The persistent influx of vast natural and monetary resources from abroad deeply altered the basis of Rome's military. As income skyrocketed, the exercise of political influence at Rome became increasingly intertwined with issues of personal finance. Despite claims for frugality, the political power of senatorial families was always determined through the accumulation of wealth. By the 1st century BCE, the competition of these families for rank and recognition was dramatically wrapped up with access to monetary capital and economic resources. When the republic finally fell, this was also due to a financial crash that hit the very centre of Roman society. Examining monetary and financial assets, this volume discloses how economic power and 'real' capital augmented the nature of aristocratic power at Rome. Papers are grouped in three topical clusters: Currencies of Power, Money and State Action, Wealth and Status.

Contents:

Introduction / Hans Beck, Martin Jehne, John Serrati

1. Currencies of Power. Lawyers, Ganges and Money: Portfolios of Power in the Late Republic / David B. Hollander

Cash is King: the Monetization of Politics in the Late Republic / Cristina Rosillo-López

Investing in Death: Gladiators as Investment and Currency in the Late Republic / Jonathan Edmonson

Rhetoric and Money: The Lex Iudiciaria of 70 B.C. / Brahm Kleinman

Provincial Commands and Money in the Late Roman Republic / Wolfgang Blösel

2. Money and State Action. Roman War Finances in the Age of the Punic Wars / Bruno Bleckmann

The Financing of Conquest: Roman Interaction with Hellenistic Tax Laws / John Serrati

Bellum se ipsum alet? Financing Mid-Republican Imperialism / Nathan Rosentein

3. Wealth and Status. Money, Power, and Class Coherence: The ambitus Legislation of the 180s B.C. / Hans Beck

Property Classes, Elite Wealth, and Income Distribution in the Late Republic / Elio Lo Cascio

Cupiditas Recuniae: Wealth and Power in Cicero / Francisco Pina Polo

The Money and Power of Friend and Clients: Successful Aediles in Rome / Elizabeth Deniaux

The Senatorial Economics of Status in the Late Republic / Martin Jehne

Bibliography

Indices.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

This volume originates from a workshop that was hosted by the editors at McGill University in May 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-231) and index.

ISBN:

9789042933026

904293302X

OCLC:

950892908

Publisher Number:

9789042933026