Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Classical Studies
Reader 1
Christopher Chinn
Reader 2
Ellen Finkelpearl
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©2019HannahElizabethAlalou
OCLC Record Number
1105154081
Abstract
This thesis explores the sophistication of the ancient Roman economy through an analysis of credit instruments in elite finances. The study of the ancient economy is a contentious but important field of study, within which exists a lively scholarly debate. This project seeks to contribute to that debate through the investigation of late republican finances, using Cicero's Letters to Atticus. By studying Cicero's financial maneuvers and commentary, this thesis argues that elite usage of nomina during this time period provides evidence for the existence of a sophisticated elite credit system. Such a system allowed for the development of nomina as flexible credit instruments for Roman elites competing in a fraught socio-political context.
Recommended Citation
Alalou, Hannah Elizabeth, "Credit Instruments in the Late Roman Republic: Nomina in Cicero's Letters to Atticus" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1404.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1404
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
