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Thomas Figueira - The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire - 9780812234411 - V9780812234411
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The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire

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Description for The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire Hardback. "The Power of Money is a brilliant and highly original piece of scholarship on a group of inscriptions about which much has been written and whose interpretation is crucial for our understanding of the way in which Athens ruled her empire."-Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1156.

Was Athens an imperialistic state, deserving all the reputation for exploitation that adjective can imply, or was the Athenian alliance, even at its most unequal, still characterized by a convergence of interests?
The Power of Money explores monetary and metrological policy at Athens as a way of discerning the character 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 the Decree an act of commercial imperialism or simply the codification of what was already current ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
1156 g
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812234411
SKU
V9780812234411
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Ref
99-15

About Thomas Figueira
Thomas Figueira is Professor of Classics and of Ancient History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Reviews for The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire
"The Power of Money is a brilliant and highly original piece of scholarship on a group of inscriptions about which much has been written and whose interpretation is crucial for our understanding of the way in which Athens ruled her empire."
Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College
"Thomas Figueira's work on Athenian monetary policy is not only solid, thorough, and ... Read more

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