Ships and silver, taxes and tribute :: a fiscal history of archaic Athens /
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...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| spelling | Wees, Hans van, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92095157 Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of archaic Athens / Hans Van Wees. London : I.B. Tauris, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (224 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Print version record. Fiscal policy Greece Athens History. Shipbuilding Economic aspects Greece Athens. Silver mines and mining Economic aspects Greece Athens. Athens (Greece) Economic policy. Politique fiscale Grèce Athènes Histoire. Construction navale Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Argent Mines et extraction Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Ancient history: to c 500 CE. bic HISTORY Ancient Greece. bisacsh Economic policy fast Fiscal policy fast Shipbuilding Economic aspects fast Silver mines and mining Economic aspects fast Greece Athens fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCyjWmm7b6fkX6kQQXh3 History fast has work: Ships and silver taxes and tribute (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH7H8m3t8tgbp6yJ79qB8C https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Wees, Hans van. Ships and Silver, Taxes and Tribute : A Fiscal History of Archaic Athens. London : I.B. Tauris, ©2013 9781780766867 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=656382 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Wees, Hans van Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of archaic Athens / 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. Fiscal policy Greece Athens History. Shipbuilding Economic aspects Greece Athens. Silver mines and mining Economic aspects Greece Athens. Politique fiscale Grèce Athènes Histoire. Construction navale Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Argent Mines et extraction Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Ancient history: to c 500 CE. bic HISTORY Ancient Greece. bisacsh Economic policy fast Fiscal policy fast Shipbuilding Economic aspects fast Silver mines and mining Economic aspects fast |
| title | Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of archaic Athens / |
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| title_full | Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of archaic Athens / Hans Van Wees. |
| title_fullStr | Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of archaic Athens / Hans Van Wees. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ships and silver, taxes and tribute : a fiscal history of archaic Athens / Hans Van Wees. |
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| topic | Fiscal policy Greece Athens History. Shipbuilding Economic aspects Greece Athens. Silver mines and mining Economic aspects Greece Athens. Politique fiscale Grèce Athènes Histoire. Construction navale Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Argent Mines et extraction Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Ancient history: to c 500 CE. bic HISTORY Ancient Greece. bisacsh Economic policy fast Fiscal policy fast Shipbuilding Economic aspects fast Silver mines and mining Economic aspects fast |
| topic_facet | Fiscal policy Greece Athens History. Shipbuilding Economic aspects Greece Athens. Silver mines and mining Economic aspects Greece Athens. Athens (Greece) Economic policy. Politique fiscale Grèce Athènes Histoire. Construction navale Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Argent Mines et extraction Aspect économique Grèce Athènes. Ancient history: to c 500 CE. HISTORY Ancient Greece. Economic policy Fiscal policy Shipbuilding Economic aspects Silver mines and mining Economic aspects Greece Athens History |
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