Hegemonic Finances: Funding Athenian Domination in the 5th Century BC (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781910589724)

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.

Author: Thomas J. Figueira
ISBN-10: 1910589721
ISBN-13: 9781910589724
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2019
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.20w x 0.90d