Figuier

1998 · 202118 — University of Pennsylvania Press 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brown cloth to boards with white lettering to spine. Dust jacket has sun fading to spine. 8vo. 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches Page 31 was a folded over printing error and the page was not cut cleanly. Does not affect readability. Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes tables list of abbreviations appendix select bibliography Index Locorum and a general index. 627 pp.<br /> <br /> Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. 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<br /> <br /> 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 practice<br /> <br /> Figueira interprets the Decree as one in a series concerned with financial matters affecting the Athenian city-state and emerging from the way the collection of tribute functioned in the alliance that we call the Athenian empire. He contends that the Decree served primarily to legislate the status quo ante. University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover