Financing the Athenian Fleet : Public Taxation and Social Relations.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Concepts and Aims -- Sources -- PART I: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTION -- ONE: The Origin of the Trierarchy -- The Naukrariai and the Athenian Fleet -- Early Naval Organization -- The Establishment of the Trierarchy -- PART II: QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE TRIERARCHY -- TWO: Qualifications by Wealth -- The Liturgical Census Theory -- Visible and Invisible Wealth -- The Role of Inheritance -- THREE: Appointment -- Preselection of Nominees -- Formal Appointment -- The Length of Service -- The Allocation of Ships -- FOUR: Exemption -- Regular Exemption -- The Antidosis -- The Hiring Out of Trierarchies -- PART III: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES -- FIVE: The Crew -- The Recruitment of Crews -- Pay and Provisioning -- Funding the Fleet -- Logistics and the Cost of Service -- SIX: The Ship -- The Hulls -- The Condition of Hulls -- Shipbuilding -- The Replacement of Hulls by Trierarchs -- The Cost of a Hull -- The Significance of Compensatory Payments -- SEVEN: Equipment -- Shortages -- Misappropriation of Equipment by Officials -- Misappropriation of Equipment by Trierarchs -- The Recovery of Naval Debts -- The Treatment of Defaulters -- PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION -- EIGHT: The Reforms -- The Syntrierarchy -- Periandros's Reform -- Voluntary Naval Contributions -- Demosthenes' Reform of 340 -- The Sociopolitical Profile -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Standard Equipment -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- Z.

He concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of the relationship between Athens' democracy and its wealthiest citizens.

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