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The Commerce of War - Exchange and Social Order in Latin Epic (Hardcover)
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The Commerce of War - Exchange and Social Order in Latin Epic (Hardcover)
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Latin epics such as Virgil's "Aeneid," Lucan's "Civil War," and
Statius's "Thebaid "addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in
gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social
order. In "The Commerce of War," Neil Coffee argues that these
exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of
Roman society. Tracing the collapse of an aristocratic worldview
across all three poems, Coffee highlights the distinction they draw
between reciprocal gift giving among elites and the more
problematic behaviors of buying and selling. In the "Aeneid,"
customary gift and favor exchanges are undermined by characters who
view human interaction as short-term and commodity-driven. The
"Civil War" takes the next logical step, illuminating how Romans
cope once commercial greed has supplanted traditional values.
Concluding with the "Thebaid," which focuses on the problems of
excessive consumption rather than exchange, Coffee closes his
powerful case that these poems constitute far-reaching critiques of
Roman society during its transition from republic to empire.
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