Spoils in the Roman Republic : boon and bane / edited by Marian Helm and Saskia T. Roselaar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Helm, Marian, editor.

Roselaar, Saskia T., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--Military policy.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : 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 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 material 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 stabilisation 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:

Intro

Table of 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

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)

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

Modes of Extraction

Markets on the Move

The Commercialisation of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic

Marta García Morcillo

Spoils, Army Wages and Supplies in Rome's Early Military Intervention in Hispania*

Gerard Cabezas-Guzmán/Toni Ñaco del Hoyo

The Revenues of Asia and the Evolution of the Res Publica*

Bradley Jordan

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

François Gauthier

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)

Markets on the Move. The Commercialisation of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic (Marta García Morcillo)

Spoils, Army Wages and Supplies in Rome's Early Military Intervention in Hispania* (Gerard Cabezas-Guzmán / Toni Ñaco del Hoyo)

The Revenues of Asia and the Evolution of the Res Publica* (Bradley Jordan)

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 (François Gauthier)

Symbolic Dimension of Spoils

The Self-Fashioning of the New Elite. Spoils as Representation of Victory* (Karl-J. Hölkeskamp)

Sicily, Rome, and the Communicative Power of Spoils (Laura Pfuntner)

Praeda, Latini and Socii. The Movement of Spoils in Italy in the Second Century BCE* (Michael P. Fronda)

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783515133708

3515133704