Financing the Athenian Fleet - Vincent Gabrielsen

Public Taxation and Social Relations

KORTE INHOUD

' The records of the superintendents (Epimeletai) of the shipyards in the Piraeus (...) have long been recognized as a valuable source of information not only about the trireme and the state of the Athenian navy in the fourth century, but also about the social class that funded it. Consequently they have been plundered and pillaged by naval and social historians alike, in search of information specific to their individual studies. A definitive modern overview of their content and significance from both perspectives has been lacking. A pre-requisite for such a study is a new edition of the text of the inscriptions. But this has been long promised and as long delayed. In the meantime, the work here reviewed comes as close as possible to satisfying the need. (...) The author has produced a most informative study of the trierarchy and trierarchs. Part I is concerned with the origin of the trierarchy (...) and leads to the conclusion that the trierarchy was, from its inception, a tax, like the other elements of th... Lees verder...

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2010Uitgever: Johns Hopkins University Press328 paginasISBN-10: 0801898153ISBN-13: 9780801898150