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Financing the Athenian fleet : public taxation and social relations / Vincent Gabrielsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabrielsen, Vincent, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trierarchy (Athens).
- Naval art and science--Greece--Athens--History.
- Naval art and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- Johns Hopkins paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- He concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of the relationship between Athens' democracy and its wealthiest citizens.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Concepts and Aims
- Sources
- PART I: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTION
- ONE: The Origin of the Trierarchy
- The Naukrariai and the Athenian Fleet
- Early Naval Organization
- The Establishment of the Trierarchy
- PART II: QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE TRIERARCHY
- TWO: Qualifications by Wealth
- The Liturgical Census Theory
- Visible and Invisible Wealth
- The Role of Inheritance
- THREE: Appointment
- Preselection of Nominees
- Formal Appointment
- The Length of Service
- The Allocation of Ships
- FOUR: Exemption
- Regular Exemption
- The Antidosis
- The Hiring Out of Trierarchies
- PART III: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- FIVE: The Crew
- The Recruitment of Crews
- Pay and Provisioning
- Funding the Fleet
- Logistics and the Cost of Service
- SIX: The Ship
- The Hulls
- The Condition of Hulls
- Shipbuilding
- The Replacement of Hulls by Trierarchs
- The Cost of a Hull
- The Significance of Compensatory Payments
- SEVEN: Equipment
- Shortages
- Misappropriation of Equipment by Officials
- Misappropriation of Equipment by Trierarchs
- The Recovery of Naval Debts
- The Treatment of Defaulters
- PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION
- EIGHT: The Reforms
- The Syntrierarchy
- Periandros's Reform
- Voluntary Naval Contributions
- Demosthenes' Reform of 340
- The Sociopolitical Profile
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Standard Equipment
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 8, 2016).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9930-3
- OCLC:
- 868198316
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