Markets on the Move: The Commercialization of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic
Year: 2025
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This contribution will assess the existence throughout the Roman Republic of markets of movable spoils that generated bullion and cash, whilst they also supported the re- distribution of goods and prisoners into wider networks of commercialisation. I will focus specifically on spoils sold on the spot, during military campaigns, while the army was on the move. Although the notion of markets opens different perspectives and definitions – from spaces and venues of exchange to temporary gatherings, from sim- ple bilateral transactions to more complex and multisided structures – my approach will consider any framework in which actors participated in the evaluation and transfer of spoils and their transformation into a commodity.
DOI: 10.57711/xq1z-qp85
Author: Garcia Morcillo M
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6917582853
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