Markets on the Move: The Commercialization of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic

Garcia, Morcillo, M

Markets on the Move: The Commercialization of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Marta Garcia Morcillo ORCiD

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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a book chapter that has been published in its final definitive form by Franz Steiner Verlag, 2023.

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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.