Money, 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 importance of money in the Greek world. A central piece of this research is incorporated into this volume, completed by one of his former students, Christopher De Lisle. Additionally, Trundle had situated himself at the centre of a wide-ranging conversation on the nature of money and power in antiquity. The contributions of scholars of ancient monetization in this volume bring together many of the threads of those conversions, further advancing a field which Matthew Trundle had worked so tirelessly to promote.
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
Jeremy Armstrong is Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Arthur J. Pomeroy is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. David Rosenbloom is Professor and Chair of Ancient Studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
