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Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (210 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292772045
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public Spending and Democracy in Classical AthensDDC classification:
  • 336.3/909385
LOC classification:
  • HJ217
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Public-Spending Debates -- Festivals and Wars -- Democracy -- The Period of Eighty Years for Comparing Costs -- The Democratic Control of Public Spending -- The Synopsis of the Book -- 2. The Cost of Festivals -- The Cost of the Great Panathenaea -- The Relative Scale of the Rest of the Festival Program -- The Full Cost of Festivals -- 3. The Cost of Democracy -- Jurors -- Councilors -- Assemblygoers -- Magistrates -- Undersecretaries -- Public Slaves -- Gold Crowns -- Settling the Böckh-Jones Debate -- 4. The Cost of War -- Public Spending on the Armed Forces in the 420s -- Military Spending in the Rest of the Peloponnesian War -- The Full Cost of the Armed Forces in the 370s -- Military Spending in the 360s -- Conclusion. Public-Spending Priorities -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index of Sources -- General Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Public-Spending Debates -- Festivals and Wars -- Democracy -- The Period of Eighty Years for Comparing Costs -- The Democratic Control of Public Spending -- The Synopsis of the Book -- 2. The Cost of Festivals -- The Cost of the Great Panathenaea -- The Relative Scale of the Rest of the Festival Program -- The Full Cost of Festivals -- 3. The Cost of Democracy -- Jurors -- Councilors -- Assemblygoers -- Magistrates -- Undersecretaries -- Public Slaves -- Gold Crowns -- Settling the Böckh-Jones Debate -- 4. The Cost of War -- Public Spending on the Armed Forces in the 420s -- Military Spending in the Rest of the Peloponnesian War -- The Full Cost of the Armed Forces in the 370s -- Military Spending in the 360s -- Conclusion. Public-Spending Priorities -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index of Sources -- General Index.

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