The Economics of War in Ancient Greece

Roel Konijnendijk, Manu Dal Borgo

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2024
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350471795
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Economic History
• Index: History

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle page
• Also available from Bloomsbury
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• CONTRIBUTORS
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1 WAR AND WEALTHY HELLAS: ECONOMICS AND THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF GREEK WARFARE
• CHAPTER 2 ARMIES, NAVIES AND ECONOMIES IN THE CLASSICAL GREEK WORLD: THE RECEPTION OF MILITARY FORCES BY POLEIS
• CHAPTER 3 ECONOMICS OF CONFLICT IN THE ANCIENT GREEK MEDITERRANEAN
• CHAPTER 4 THE BALANCE SHEET OF ACHAEMENID WARFARE: GATHERING THE EVIDENCE
• CHAPTER 5 THE CORINTHIAN WAR (395/4-387/6 BC): SHIPS, WALLS AND MONEY
• CHAPTER 6 WAR AND THE TECHNĒ OF PUBLIC FINANCE
• CHAPTER 7 WHO ROWED IN THE ATHENIAN FLEET FROM 479-405 BC?
• CHAPTER 8 WOMEN ATTACHED TO ARMIES IN CLASSICAL GREECE: ECONOMIC COMMODITIES OR BURDEN?
• CHAPTER 9 WARFARE AND MARKETS: SOME THOUGHTS
• CHAPTER 10 REPARATIONS CLAUSES IN TREATIES OF THE IRON AGE MEDITERRANEAN AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX LOCORUM
• GENERAL INDEX