Financing the Athenian fleet : public taxation and social relations /
To meet the enormous expenses of maintaining its powerful navy, democratic Athens gave wealthy citizens responsibility for financing and commanding the fleet. Known as trierarchs - literally, ship commanders - they bore the expenses of maintaining and repairing the ships, as well as recruiting and p...
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1994
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