The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire

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Was Athens an imperialistic state, deserving all of the reputation for exploitation that adjective can imply, or Was once the Athenian alliance, even at its such a lot unequal, still characterized by a convergence of interests?

The Power of Money explores monetary and metrological policy at Athens as some way of discerning the nature of Athenian hegemony in midfifth-century Greece. It begins with the Athenian Coinage Decree, which, after decades of scholarly attention, still presents unresolved questions for Greek historians about content, intent, date, and effect. Was once the Decree an act of commercial imperialism or simply the codification of what Was once already current practice?

Figueira interprets the Decree as one in a series all for financial matters affecting the Athenian city-state and emerging from the way in which the number of tribute functioned within the alliance that we call the Athenian empire. He contends that the Decree served primarily to legislate the established order ante.

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