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The commerce of war (2009)

The commerce of war (2009)

Literary Fiction

Neil Coffee

Year: 2009
Authors: Neil Coffee
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Latin epics such as Virgil's 'Aeneid' and Statius's 'Thebaid' addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favours and payments defined their conceptions of social order. Here Neil Coffee argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society.