The main rules of tribute payment in mid 5th century Athenian arche according to Cleinias decree
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
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| Web | Digitální knihovna FF MU |
| Field | History |
| Keywords | Cleinias decree; Athenian arche; foros; subject-allies; "imperialism"; "empire" |
| Description | The main priority of my paper is to point out, through epigraphic sources and evidence from the 5th century Athens, one of the most characteristic features and objectives of Athenian "imperialism" during the last two decades of the period called Pentekontaetia (the period of fifty years - 479-431 BC.). I will especially focus my attention on one of the most important epigraphic sources from this period - Cleinias decree (448/7, 425/4(?) B.C). The importance of this decree is significant, because it puts an exact view on the process of collection of the tribute (foros) in the mid 5th century Athenian arche. The financial regulations prescribed in the decree were valid for all members of the Athenian arche, and had a great impact on restriction of their autonomy at the expense of growth of Athenian dominance in the symmachy. The main objective I want to achieve in this paper, the importance of epigraphic material and evidence as one of the most important (and in some cases irreplaceable) sources of information about the image of Athenian "imperialism" and Athenian relationship towards their subject-allies in the 5th century B.C. The reason why I choose particularly this decree as a representative type of epigraphic evidence, is to show how important the annual collection of the tribute was for the Athenians, and how the Athenians used the collection of the foros, as Isocrates mentions to "publicly humiliate" the allies and how they strengthened their hegemonic position in Delian symmachy transforming it into their own thalassocratic "empire" and allies into their "subjects". |
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