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Hegemonic Finances: Funding Athenian Domination in the 5th and 4th Centuries BC
Edited by Thomas J. Figueira and Sean R. Jensen

ISBN 978-1-910589-72-4, 280 pp, 2019, .50
 
Research into the mechanisms and the morality of Athenian hegemony is now perhaps livelier than ever. Of particular importance are the methods by which Athens drew money from the Aegean world with which to fund a vast fleet, to facilitate her own demokratia and to create ambitious public buildings still visible today. This collection of new studies, through its emphasis on how Athens raised revenue for its hegemonic ambitions, sheds light on more familiar questions: How oppressive, or otherwise, was Athens to fellow- Greeks and how did her demands vary over time? Contributors here suggest that Athens may have exercised hegemonic ambitions for longer than usually thought, applying greater experience, and more sensitivity to individual communities.
 

The Editors

Thomas Figuera A is Distinguished Professor of Classics and of Ancient History at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and an internationally-recognised authority on the politics and economics of ancient Greece.
Among over one hundred and twenty-five publications, he is the author of Aegina: Economy and Society (1981); Athens and Aigina in the Age of Imperial Colonization (1991); Excursions in Epichoric History (1993); The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire (1998), and co-author of Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and The Illustrious Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome (2001). He has also edited or co-edited five collections of essays.

Sean R. Jensen was educated at Brown University and Rutgers University, and has taught Classics and Ancient History at a range of institutions including Rutgers, Harvard, and Southern Indiana. His research interests lie primarily in Greek history, epigraphy, and literature, on which he has published a number of articles. He has been the Michael Jameson Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Harvard College Fellow in Greek History. His doctoral dissertation investigated sub-hegemonies in the Athenian fifth-century arkhe.
 

The Contributors

Grégory Bonnin, William S. Bubelis, Thomas J. Figueira, Aaron Hershkowitz, Sean R. Jensen, Brian Rutishauser, Loren J. Samons II, Malcolm B. Wallace
 

Contencts

Preface

Introduction by Sean R. Jensen

1. Periklean Imperialism and Imperial Finance in Context - Loren J. Samons II

2. Imperial Numeracy? Athenian Calculation of Some Imperial Taxes - William S. Bubelis

3. Synteleia and Apotaxis on the Athenian Tribute Lists - Sean R. Jensen

4. Karystos in Euboia and Attic Hegemony - Malcolm B. Wallace†

5. Patterns in Variation in Tribute Assessment - Aaron Hershkowitz

6. Phoroi, Syntaxeis, and Loans from Delian Apollo: The Cyclades under Athenian Financial Imperialism - Grégory Bonnin

7. The Aristeidian Tribute and the Peace of Nikias - Thomas J. Figueira

8. The Wealth of Metics and Athenian Naval Power - Brian Rutishauser

Index

Index Locorum
 

Classical Philology 2021, 293-8.

"In conclusion, the volume, which displays ample bibliographies at the end of each chapter, plus a general index and an index locorum, is a welcome addition to scholarship on Athenian imperialism. It certainly envisages an audience with some previous knowl_x0002_edge of the main issues at stake. As such, it makes an indispensable read for scholars in_x0002_terested in this topic, bound, as it is, to spark further discussion, analysis, and reaction on the many issues it brings to the forefront." Cristina Carusi,

Classical Review 2020, 1-3.

'The present volume, which is the publication of papers originally delivered in a panel at the Celtic Conference in Classics in 2010, is a welcome contribution to the history of Athenian imperialism. Indeed, considering that the history of the Athenian empire has seen a radical transformation in the last fifteen years or so, the publication of articles that tackle head on the diverse forms that Athenian economic imperialism took in the Aegean region during the fifth and fourth centuries can only enhance the way we write the history of the period." Christy Constantakopoulou,