Hegemonic finances : funding Athenian domination in the 5th and 4th centuries BC / editors, Thomas J. Figueira and Sean R. Jensen ; contributors: Grégory Bonnin, [and seven others].

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English
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Swansea : The Classical Press of Wales, 2019.
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xx, 278 pages ; 24 cm

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    Research into the mechanisms and the morality of Athenian hegemony is now perhaps livelier than ever. Of particular importance are the methods by which Athens drew money from the Aegean world with which to fund a vast fleet, to facilitate her own demokratia and to create ambitious public buildings still visible today. This collection of new studies, inspired and guided by an internationally-acknowledged authority on ancient finance, Thomas Figueira, by focusing on how Athens raised finance, sheds light on more familiar questions: How oppressive, or otherwise, was Athens to fellow-Greeks and how did her demands vary over time? Contributors here suggest that Athens may have exercised hegemonic ambitions for longer than usually thought, applying greater experience, and more sensitivity to individual communities.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Periklean imperialism and imperial finance in context / Loren J. Samons II
    • Imperial numeracy? Athenian calculation of some imperial taxes / William S. Bubelis
    • Synteleia and apotaxis on the Athenian tribute lists / Sean R. Jensen
    • Karystos in Euboia and Attic hegemony / Malcolm B. Wallace
    • Patterns in variation in tribute assessment / Aaron Hershkowitz
    • Phoroi, syntaxeis, and loans from Delian Apollo: the Cyclades under Athenian financial imperialism / Grégory Bonnin
    • The Aristeidian tribute and the Peace of of Nikias / Thomas J. Figueira
    • The wealth of metics and Athenian naval power / Brian Rutishauser.
    ISBN
    • 9781910589724 (hardback)
    • 1910589721 (hardback)
    LCCN
    2019394537
    OCLC
    1079331191
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