The Economics of War in Ancient Greece
By: edited by Roel Konijnendijk and Manu Dal Borgo
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2024
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781350471818
Subjects: Greece; Civilization; War; Economic aspects; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Economics; Military history
Description: In recent decades the study of the ancient economy and ancient warfare have both been transformed by ground-breaking new studies and methodological approaches. Offering a selection of cutting-edge research on the interlocked themes of economics and war, this edited volume explores how armed conflict affected markets and economic opportunities in ancient Greece. From the destruction of cities to the emergence of new fiscal institutions, war prompted massive changes to economic conditions throughout the ancient Mediterranean and beyond - some with lasting consequences for the organisation of states and armies.   The contributors look beyond the old paradigms of finance and logistics, and broaden the discussion to address themes such as gender, literary culture and the Persian Empire. More specifically, they analyse how ancient rulers and states struggled to mobilise resources and what they did to tackle fiscal challenges to wage war more efficiently, thereby demonstrating how matters of war can be an invaluable source of information on the way ancient economies worked and developed. As a result, this book shows how the study of economic factors - too often neglected in works on ancient warfare - allows a deeper understanding of military cultures and events in ancient Greece.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction Manu Dal Borgo (University College London, UK) & Roel Konijnendijk (University of Oxford, UK)  1.War and Wealthy Hellas: Economics and the Historiography of Greek Warfare Roel Konijnendijk (University of Oxford, UK) & Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge, UK)  2. Armies, Navies, and Economies in the Classical Greek World: The Reception of Military Forces by Poleis Stephen O'Connor (California State University, Fullerton, USA)  3. Economics of Conflict in the Ancient Greek Mediterranean Manu Dal Borgo (University College London, UK)  4. The Balance-Sheet of Achaemenid Warfare: Gathering the Evidence Christopher J. Tuplin (University of Liverpool, UK)  5. The Corinthian War (395/4-387/6 BC): Ships, Walls and Money Annabel Florence (University of Queensland, Australia)  6. War and the <i>Techn</i><i>e</i> of Public Finance Mark Pyzyk (Princeton Univeristy, USA)  7. Who Rowed in the Athenian Fleet from 479-405 BCE? Matthew Trundle (University of Auckland, New Zealand)  8. Women Attached to Armies in Classical Greece: Economic Commodities or Burden? Jennifer Martinez Morales (University of Liverpool, UK)  9. Warfare and Markets: Some Thoughts Edward Harris (Durham University, UK)  10. Reparations-Clauses in Treaties of the Iron Age Mediterranean and their Economic Implications John Davies (University of Liverpool, UK)  Notes Bibliography Index