In 1997, Dale Kinney described the study of spolia as a “growth field in art history” (“Spolia: Damnatio and Renovatio Memoriae,” MAAR 42, 117), and in the time since, publications on the phenomenon of reuse continue to increase in number and variety. Unfortunately, for all this progress, the subject of spoliation remains a niche subfield that borrows much, promises an equal contribution in return, but rarely manages to make inroads into the larger study of the social, political, and economic history of the ancient world.