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The Power of Money - Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire (Hardcover, New)
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The Power of Money - Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire (Hardcover, New)
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"This superb work belongs in the libraries of all universities.
Essential."--"Choice" ""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
meticulously reasoned but also new and original in its conception.
It will be a basic text for all concerned with the Athenian empire
and its economy well into the new century."--Mabel L. Lang, Bryn
Mawr College ""The Power of Money" is potentially the most
significant work on the Athenian Empire written in many years. . .
. Quite simply, the current understanding of Athens' economic
relations with her allies will have to be totally reconsidered as a
result of Figueira's work."--Stanley Burstein, California State
University, Los Angeles ""The Power of Money" is a major
contribution to the scholarship of classical Greece. . . . It will
be cited and used with approval in all serious future acounts of
fifth-century political history. It will also occupy an important
place in the scholarship on ancient coinage and economics. It is
masterful scholarship all around, on both the technical and
conceptual levels."--John H. Kroll, The University of Texas "A work
of immense learning."--Harold B. Mattingly, "American Journal of
Archaeology" 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 practice? 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. Thomas Figueira is Professor of Classics and of Ancient
History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
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