Alexandre et le butin de guerre chez Plutarque : politique, discipline et idéologie

This article examines the management of war booty in Plutarch’s Life of Alexander, distinguishing between distribution to troops, honorary gifts, storage/minting, and the treatment of individuals (slavery, executions, clemency). Based on the Ozanam translation (Gallimard, 2001) and citing the internal divisions of the work, we show that Plutarch constructs an image of Alexander in which the leader’s generosity serves a strategy of loyalty and government, without excluding acts of coercion (Thebes; Gaza; Susa). The study highlights the tension between biographical praise and the reality of military predation, and specifies the narrative processes by which Plutarch justifies, qualifies, or condemns these practices.