On the way to money

En marche pour l’argent

Marie Durnerin (marie.durnerin@gmail.com)
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Marie Durnerin: HiSoMA - Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - ALLHiS - Approches Littéraires, Linguistiques et Historiques des Sources - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne, UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse, EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales, PLH - Patrimoine, Littérature, Histoire - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse

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Abstract: In Xenophon's Anabasis, the Greek mercenaries of Cyrus consider to abandon him because he does not pay them. They continue the expedition only because of the Persian prince's promises to increase their pay and to offer them gifts beyond their expectations at the end of the adventure. But in fact, he gives them nothing, and remains in debt to his men. This debt of the employer towards his troops is a source of political instability within the community but also, paradoxically, a kind of contract that ensures the loyalty of the soldiers until the payment of their wages.

Keywords: Politics; community; Xenophon; mercenaries; debt; authority; Politique; communauté; Xénophon; mercenaires; dette; autorité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Stavroula Kefallonitis. Dette et politique, Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2022, Institut des sciences et techniques de l'Antiquité (ISTA), 978-2-84867-921-1

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