The Commerce of War
| Author | : Associate Professor of Classics Neil Coffee |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 630 |
| Release | : 2010-10-21 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781459605831 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1459605837 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (837 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Commerce of War by : Associate Professor of Classics Neil Coffee
Download or read book The Commerce of War written by Associate Professor of Classics Neil Coffee and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 coll...
