| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Economic vulnerabilities -- Economic fragilities in fourth-century Athens -- Piraeus and 'Peraea' -- People of Attica -- Warfare and the Athenian countryside -- The dynamics of defence: infrastructure -- Defending the polis: command -- Military manpower -- Polis economies: finance, food, and friends -- Saving the polis: civic finances -- Friends abroad: food, commerce, and the economics of benefaction |
| Summary |
An assessment of the economic history of Athens in the Hellenistic era, G.J. Oliver looks at how political and military change affected the fragile economies of the Athenian polis, and highlights the ways in which the citizens of Athens contributed to the defence and finances of their city |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-321) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food supply -- Greece -- Athens -- Costs
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Finance, Public -- Greece -- Athens
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Economic history
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Finance, Public
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Military policy -- Economic aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Athens (Greece) -- Economic conditions
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Athens (Greece) -- Military policy -- Economic aspects
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Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057074
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| Subject |
Greece
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Greece -- Athens
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oxford University Press
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| LC no. |
2007016215 |
| ISBN |
9780191536229 |
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0191536229 |
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9780191712722 |
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0191712728 |
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