Techniques financières, influences, performances dans les activités bancaires des sanctuaires grecs

Chankowski-Sablé, Véronique

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“…Recent research has shown that sanctuaries were engaged in providing loans to various city-states (Bresson 2007;Chankowski 2005;. Obviously such loans could be used to smooth the expenditures profile for a polis over the years.…”

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Coping with Chronic Warfare. The Athenian Experience

Lyttkens

Gerding

2022

Democracy and Salamis

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In Classical Athens, being at war was much more common than peace. The military expenditures were correspondingly large. The real enigmatic issue, however, is not financial but where they found the manpower needed for this policy. The number of warships (triremes) was so great that there is no way that the citizen could have dominated in the crews. The main source is likely the non-citizen, free population of Attica. Slaves, one the other hand, would have been very popular as rowers during the final phase of the Peloponnesian war, but not necessarily before. The manpower losses in connection with naval conflicts must have had a significant impact on Athenian society in several ways. We discuss three examples: the switch from ostracism to the graphe paranomon, the new law on citizenship under Perikles, and why the Athenian Assembly put the victorious generals on trial after the victory at Arginoussai.

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Coping with Chronic Warfare. The Athenian Experience

Lyttkens

Gerding

2022

Democracy and Salamis

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“…The major problem here is the fact that sanctuaries in ancient Greece (most notably in Athens and on Delos) sometimes performed banking functions (Chankowski, 2005, 2007; Davies 2001). Both individuals and states deposited wealth for safe keeping with temples.…”

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“…The major problem here is the fact that sanctuaries in ancient Greece (most notably in Athens and on Delos) sometimes performed banking functions (Chankowski, 2005(Chankowski, , 2007Davies 2001). …”

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“…We also hear of individuals borrowing from temple funds to finance their sacrifices at the temple (Cohen, 1992, p. 42 n. 2). In Athens, private individuals could borrow from Deme sanctuaries (Chankowski, 2005;Davies 2001) and had to pay an interest on the loan. There were however important differences between the commercial banks and the sanctuaries.…”

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Measuring institutional quality in ancient Athens

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Lyttkens

2014

Journal of Institutional Economics

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We use the Economic Freedom Index to characterise the institutions of the Athenian city-state in the fourth century BCE. It has been shown that ancient Greece witnessed improved living conditions for an extended period of time. Athens in the fourth century appears to have fared particularly well. We find that economic freedom in ancient Athens is on level with the highest ranked modern economies such as Hong Kong and Singapore. With the exception of the position of women and slaves, Athens scores high in almost every dimension of economic freedom. Trade is probably highly important even by current standards. As studies of contemporary societies suggest that institutional quality is probably an important determinant of economic growth, it may also have been one factor in the relative material success of the Athenians.JEL classification: N43, N93; O17, P52

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Techniques financières, influences, performances dans les activités bancaires des sanctuaires grecs

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Coping with Chronic Warfare. The Athenian Experience

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