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Spoils in the Roman Republic : boon and bane / edited by Marian Helm and Saskia T. Roselaar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--Economic aspects--Rome--510-30 B.C.
- War.
- War and society--Rome--510-30 B.C.
- War and society.
- Rome--History, Military--510-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome--Military policy--510-30 B.C.
- Rome--Economic conditions--510-30 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- 467 pages : some illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2023]
- Summary:
- Warfare was a common occurrence in the Ancient World, and the Roman Republic was no exception in this regard. Rome was, however, exceptionally successful in its military endeavours, which led to the conquest of the Italian Peninsula and the historically unique creation of a Mediterranean empire. The origins and motifs for this were complex and many-faceted, but there can be little doubt that the materials rewards of military aggression played a central role in driving and maintaining annual warfare. Scholarship tends to interpret spoils in the context of a positive-sum game that allowed for the diffusion of social problems and the stabilization of the Roman political system through the distribution of surplus resources. However, spoils regularly caused unrest and dissatisfaction, which suggests a more complex impact on Roman politics and society. This volume therefore investigates the socio-political, economic, and cultural impacts of spoils on the city of Rome and Roman Italy in order to gain a better understanding of the crucial role that externally acquired resources played in the context of Roman Republican expansion in the Mediterranean.
- Contents:
- Introductions. Spoils and the Roman Republic / Saskia Roselaar ; Marian Helm
- Global Spoils on a Local Stage: The Case of Republican Rome / Hans Beck
- Spoils and the Roman Military / Nathan Rosenstein
- Comparative Section. Homeric Society and the Bane of Raiding / Stefan Frass
- The Macedonian Approach to Spoils / Michael Kleu
- Spoils in the Early Roman Republic. Spoils in Early Rome: From the Regal Period to c. 390 BCE / Jeremy Armstrong
- The Art of Acquisition: Land Distribution as Spoil and Its Impact on Agriculture in the Fourth to Early Third Centuries BCE / Peter Vanderpuy
- Spoils, Land and Colonization from the Latin War to the End of the Third Samnite War / Audrey Bertrand
- Born to Plunder: Rome's Shift towards Predatory Warfare in the Fourth Century BCE / Marian Helm
- Spoils in the Middle Republic- Value and Impact: The Changing Nature of Spoils in the Middle Republic. The Grand Strategy?: Spoils and Colonization in the Fourth and Third Centuries BCE / Saskia T. Roselaar
- Spoils and the Allies: Roman Warfare and Coinage Production in Italy before the End of the First Punic War / Marleen K. Termeer
- Tributum and Spoils in the Middle Republic / Michael Taylor
- Roman Spoils and Triumphs, 218-167 BCE / John Rich
- Spoils in the Middle Republic- Value and Impact: Modes of Extraction. Markets on the Move: The Commercialization of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic / Marta Garcia Morcillo
- Spoils, Army Wages and Supplies in Rome's Early Military Intervention in Hispania / Gerard Cabezas-Guzman / Toni Naco Del Hoyo
- The Revenues of Asia and the Evolution of the Res Publica / Bradley Jordan
- Spoils in the Middle Republic- Value and Impact: Impact of Spoils on Roman Italy. Problems and Opportunities of Warfare in Allied Territory in the Second Punic War / Simon Lentzsch
- Spoils, Infrastructure and Politics in Rome and Italy / John R. Patterson
- The Human Spoils of the Roman Republic / Katharine P. D. Huemoeller
- Plunder, Common Soldiers, and Military Service in the Third and Second Centuries BCE / Francois Gauthier
- Symbolic Dimension of Spoils. The Self-Fashioning of the New Elite: Spoils as Representation of Victory / Karl-J. Hoelkeskamp
- Siciliy, Rome, and the Communicative Power of Spoils / Laura Pfuntner
- Praeda, Litini and Socci: The Movement of Spoils in Italy in the Second Century BCE / Michael P. Fronda
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-467).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- e-book version
- ISBN:
- 9783515133692
- 3515133690
- OCLC:
- 1388619177
- Publisher Number:
- 9783515133692
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