Financing the Athenian Fleet: Public Taxation and Social Relations Paperback - 2010
by Vincent Gabrielsen
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This is the first full-length study of the financial, logistical, and social organization of the Athenian navy. Using a rich variety of sources, particularly the enormous body of inscriptions that served as naval records, Vincent Gabrielsen examines the development and function of the Athenian trierarchy and revises our understanding of the social, political, and ideological mechanisms of which that institution was a part. He concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of the relationship between Athens' democracy and its wealthiest citizens.
"This is a marvelous book: an original, well-researched, and compelling treatment of the financial organization of the Athenian navy, from which Gabrielsen expands our understanding of the functioning of Athens' democratic government."--Robert Wallace, Northwestern University
"A very valuable book. Gabrielsen offers a comprehensive and careful investigation of the trierarchy which goes beyond the reconstruction of fiscals and military realia to place the institution in its social context."--Greece and Rome
"All will appreciate the significance of Gabrielsen's book, for he has demonstrated, more clearly than his predecessors in the study of the trierarchy, the delicate balance between the state and the 'private sector' in this supreme military installation."--American Historical Review
Vincent Gabrielsen is a professor of ancient history at the University of Copenhagen.
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This is the first full-length study of the financial, logistical, and social organization of the Athenian navy. Using a rich variety of sources, particularly the enormous body of inscriptions that served as naval records, Vincent Gabrielsen examines the development and function of the Athenian trierarchy and revises our understanding of the social, political, and ideological mechanisms of which that institution was a part. He concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of the relationship between Athens' democracy and its wealthiest citizens.
This is a marvelous book: an original, well-researched, and compelling treatment of the financial organization of the Athenian navy, from which Gabrielsen expands our understanding of the functioning of Athens' democratic government.--Robert Wallace, Northwestern University
A very valuable book. Gabrielsen offers a comprehensive and careful investigation of the trierarchy which goes beyond the reconstruction of fiscals and military realia to place the institution in its social context.--Greece and Rome
All will appreciate the significance of Gabrielsen's book, for he has demonstrated, more clearly than his predecessors in the study of the trierarchy, the delicate balance between the state and the 'private sector' in this supreme military installation.--American Historical Review
Vincent Gabrielsen is a professor of ancient history at the University of Copenhagen.
--Robert Wallace, Northwestern University "American Historical Review"Details
- Title Financing the Athenian Fleet: Public Taxation and Social Relations
- Author Vincent Gabrielsen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
- Date 2010-11-18
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780801898150 / 0801898153
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.74 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.88 cm)
- Ages 22 to UP years
- Grade levels 17 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Dewey Decimal Code 336.27
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