Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of Archaic Athens / Hans van Wees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wees, Hans van, author.

Series:

Library of Classical Studies ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiscal policy--Greece--Athens--History.

Fiscal policy.

Athens (Greece)--Economic policy.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historians since Herodotus and Thucydides have claimed that the year 483 BCE marked a turning point in the history of Athens. For it was then that Themistocles mobilized the revenues from the city's highly productive silver mines to build an enormous war fleet. This income stream is thought to have become the basis of Athenian imperial power, the driving force behind its democracy and the centre of its system of public finance. But in his groundbreaking new book, Hans van Wees argues otherwise. He shows that Themistocles did not transform Athens, but merely expanded a navy-centred system of pu

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. A Fiscal History of Archaic Athens: Why and How?; 2. Athens in Context: Public Finance in Archaic Greece; 3. Ham-Collectors and other Financial Institutions; 4. Ships, Soldiers and Sacrifices: Public Spending; 5. Taxes, Tolls and Tribute: Public Revenue; 6. From Oxen to Silver to Coins: Media of Public Finance; 7. Conclusion: Public Finance and the State in Archaic Athens; Appendix: Persian Naval Expansion and the Ionian Cities; Notes; Bibliography; Index; General Index; Select Index of Passages

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780755624027

0755624025

9781784534325

1784534323

9780857722904

0857722905

OCLC:

862050271