Ships and silver, taxes and tribute: a fiscal history of archaic Athens

Abstract

contents 1. A FISCAL HISTORY OF ATHENS: WHY AND HOW? Public finance and the legend of Themistocles Public finance and the Athenian state Public finance and the Athenian economy 2. ATHENS IN CONTEXT: Public finance in archaic Greece Before Solon: heroic precedents Beyond Athens: late archaic inscriptions and oral traditions Outside Greece: the impact of Persian expansion 3. HAM-COLLECTORS AND OTHER financial institutions Treasurers, Ham-Collectors, Sellers and Receivers Naukraroi and naukrariai: the evidence Captains and Captaincies: an interpretation 4. SHIPS, SOLDIERS AND SACRIFICES: Public spending Ships Ships' crews and soldiers Cult, hospitality and other expenses 5. TAXES, TOLLS AND TRIBUTE: Public revenue The 'contribution' (eisphora) under Solon and the tyrants The eisphora after Cleisthenes Hippias' levies and liturgies Other revenues: trade, silver mines and tribute 6. From oxen to silver to coins: Media of public finance Measures of weight and volume before Solon Measures of value before Solon Pheidon, Solon and after: archaic reforms of measures Wappen, Gorgons and Owls: coinage in archaic Athens Coinage, public spending and economic development 7. Conclusion: Public finance and the state in archaic Athens APPENDIX: Persian naval expansion and the Ionian cities Bibliography Index