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Book SynopsisMoney, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World offers twelve papers analysing the processes, consequences and problems involved in the monetization of warfare and its connection to political power in antiquity. The contributions explore not only how powerful men and states used money and coinage to achieve their aims, but how these aims and methods had often already been shaped by the medium of coined money typically with unintended consequences. These complex relationships between money, warfare and political power both personal and collective are explored across different cultures and socio-political systems around the ancient Mediterranean, ranging from Pharaonic Egypt to late antique Europe.
This volume is also a tribute to the life and impact of Professor Matthew Trundle, an inspiring teacher and scholar, who was devoted to promoting the discipline of Classics in New Zealand and beyond. At the time of his death, he was writing a book on the wider importa
Table of Contents
List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations In Memoriam, Matthew Freeman Trundle 1. Money, Power, and the Legacy of Matthew Trundle in the Ancient Mediterranean, Jeremy Armstrong (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Arthur Pomeroy (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), David Rosenbloom (University of Maryland, USA) 2. The Upkeep of Empire: Costs and Rations, Anthony Spalinger (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 3. Piety, Money, and Coinage in Greek Religion, Matthew Trundle† 4. Naval Service and Political Power in Classical Athens: An Inverse Relation, David Rosenbloom (University of Maryland, USA) 5. The Perils of Victory: Sparta’s Uneasy Relationship with the Profits of War, Ellen Millender (Reed College, USA) 6. 'Pegasi' and War: Patterns of Minting at Corinth in the Latter 4th Century BCE, Lee L. Brice (Western Illinois University, USA) 7. The Wage Cost of Alexander’s Pike-Phalanx, Christopher Matthew (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 8. Sicily in the Mediterranean c. 540-30 BCE: the Evidence from Coin Circulation, Chris De Lisle (University of Oxford, UK) 9. RRC 1/1: The First Struck Coin for the Romans, Ken Sheedy & Michael Rampe (Macquarie University, Australia) 10. The Military History of Early Roman Coinage, Jeremy Armstrong (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Marleen Termeer (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 11. Corruption, Power, and an Oracle in the Late Roman Republic: The Restoration of Ptolemy Auletes, John Rich (University of Nottingham, UK) 12. Money and Wealth in Tacitus, Arthur Pomeroy (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) 13. Gothic Mercenaries, Daniel Knox (Central European University, Budapest) Notes Bibliography Index
