Coins, Riches, and Lands: Paying for Military Manpower in Antiquity and Early Medieval Times

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Fernando López Sánchez Marisa Bueno

Coins, Riches, and Lands

Paying for Military Manpower in Antiquity and Early Medieval Times

Fernando López Sánchez, Marisa Bueno, David Martínez Chico

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Oxbow Books
01 December 2024

Archaeology by period & region; Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)

Land was the ideal store of wealth in the ancient Mediterranean world. It brought social respectability, and its possession allowed participation in the politics of the cities governed by landowning elites. Crucial defense of the interests of a given polity through armed services often involved the distribution of lands to laborers still not integrated in these societies. Mediterranean urban dynamics also involved paid labor and were always in need of short-contract manpower, including skilled soldiers and warriors. For short-time military services, lands were not always available so soldiers and warriors were paid with coins and riches. Because of their superior development, urban economies in the Mediterranean were able to attract migrant paid labor. When returning home, the migrant warriors carried coins and riches that would enable them to maximize the return that a homecoming entailed. Although difficult to prove whether these men were paid in advance or when discharged, it is an important issue as it shows the strength of one contractor over another and helps to better understand the construction of statehood in ancient and early medieval times. This collection of papers sheds light on how coins, riches, and lands were gained and distributed among soldiers, warriors, and mercenaries. Contributions cover a wide chronological span from Late Pharaonic to early medieval times, linking a well-defined core area, the Mediterranean basin, with its peripheries: Central Europe and Scandinavia to the north and the margins of the Sahara Desert and the Fertile Crescent to the south and the east.

AUTHORS: Fernando López Sánchez is currently Lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid. He is both an ancient historian and a numismatist interested in Greek, Roman and early medieval coinage. He has worked in several European universities and in different Numismatic Cabinets, among them in the British Museum and in the National Library of France.

Marisa Bueno is Research Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid. Her main research has focused on the study of cultural change derived from the processes of conquest, the Islamisation and its impact in the rural and urban spheres.

David Martínez Chico is Margarita Salas Fellowship at the University of Valencia, where he completed a PhD in Archaeology. His scientific production is interdisciplinary in nature and includes international publications in numismatics, epigraphy, archaeology and archaeometry with the aim of studying the economy of the Roman world.

120 b/w illustrations

Edited by: Fernando López Sánchez, Marisa Bueno, David Martínez Chico
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781789259902
ISBN 10: 1789259908
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Fernando Lopez Sanchez is currently Lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid. He is both an ancient historian and a numismatist interested in Greek, Roman and early medieval coinage. He has worked in several European universities and in different Numismatic Cabinets, among them in the British Museum and in the National Library of France. Marisa Bueno is Research Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid. Her main research has focused on the study of cultural change derived from the processes of conquest, the Islamisation and its impact in the rural and urban spheres. David Martinez Chico is Margarita Salas Fellowship at the University of Valencia, where he completed a PhD in Archaeology. His scientific production is interdisciplinary in nature and includes international publications in numismatics, epigraphy, archaeology and archaeometry with the aim of studying the economy of the Roman world.