The Commerce of War: Exchange and Social Order in Latin Epic

by NCoffee (Author)

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Hardcover
2009
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Latin epics such as Virgil's Aeneid , Lucan's Civil War , and Statius' Thebaid addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. This book argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society.

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Latin epics such as Virgil's "Aeneid", Lucan's "Civil War", and Statius' "Thebaid" addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. This book argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 27 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0226111873
ISBN 13: 9780226111872

The Commerce of War: Exchange and Social Order in Latin Epic

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$65.51

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