Markets on the Move: The Commercialization of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic

This contribution will assess the existence throughout the Roman Republic of markets of movable spoils that generated bullion and cash, whilst they also supported the re- distribution of goods and prisoners into wider networks of commercialisation. I will focus specifically on spoils sold on the spot, during military campaigns, while the army was on the move. Although the notion of markets opens different perspectives and definitions – from spaces and venues of exchange to temporary gatherings, from sim- ple bilateral transactions to more complex and multisided structures – my approach will consider any framework in which actors participated in the evaluation and transfer of spoils and their transformation into a commodity.