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Book SynopsisPlundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth interpretations of famous ancient spoliations, like that of the Greeks after Plataea or the Romans after the capture of Jerusalem, reveal a fascinating paradox: while the material record shows an eager incorporation of new objects, the texts display abhorrence of the negative effects they were thought to bring along. As this volume demonstrates, both reactions testify to the crucial innovative impact objects from abroad may have.
Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Figures Notes on Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Innovating Objects? Spolia and the Question of Appropriation Irene J.F. de Jong and Miguel John Versluys 2 How to Deal with ‘Things from Outside’: An Anthropological Perspective Pieter ter Keurs 3 Triumphus and the Taming of Objects: Spoliation and the Process of Appropriation in Late Republican Rome Miguel John Versluys 4 Spolia as Exempla / Exempla as Spolia: Two Case Studies on Historical (Dis)Continuity and Morality Christoph Pieper Part 2: Case Studies 5 Herodotus’ Framing of the Persian Spolia at Plataea Irene J.F. de Jong 6 Herodotus and the Persian Spolia on the Acropolis of Athens J.Z. van Rookhuijzen 7 ‘A City Is Not Adorned by What Comes from Outside, but by the Virtue of Its Inhabitants’: Polybius on the Pragmatics of Spoliation Rutger J. Allan 8 Spoils of Sicily and Their Impact on Late Republican Rome: An Archaeological Perspective Suzan van de Velde 9 Luxuria peregrina (Livy 39.6): Spolia and Rome’s Gastronomic Revolution Lidewij van Gils and Rebecca Henzel 10 Showing and Telling Spolia: The Triumphal Procession of Aemilius Paullus in Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus Michel Buijs 11 ‘The Glory of Alexander and Philip Made Spoil by Roman Arms’: The Triumph of Aemilius Paullus in 167 BCE Rolf Strootman 12 Between Triumph and Tragedy: Josephus, Bellum Judaicum 7.121–157 Luuk Huitink 13 Judaea at the Tiber: Sacred Objects from Judaea and Their New Function in Imperial Rome Eric M. Moormann Part 3: Conclusion 14 ‘Spolia’ as Category: Greek and Roman Perspectives Index
