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Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World
By C. M. Reed
178 pages
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- Cambridge University Press
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- Cambridge, England
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- 2003
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Synopsis
This is the first full work since Hasebroeks Trade and Politics in the Ancient World to deal directly with the place of maritime traders in ancient Greece. Its main assumption is that traders juridical, economic, political and unofficial standing can only be viewed correctly through the lens of the polis framework. It argues that those engaging in inter-regional trade with classical Athens were mainly poor and foreign (hence politically inert at Athens). Moreover, Athens, as well as other classical ...
This is the first full work since Hasebroeks Trade and Politics in the Ancient World to deal directly with the place of maritime traders in ancient Greece. Its main assumption is that traders juridical, economic, political and unofficial standing can only be viewed correctly through the lens of the polis framework. It argues that those engaging in inter-regional trade with classical Athens were mainly poor and foreign (hence politically inert at Athens). Moreover, Athens, as well as other classical Greek poleis, resorted to limited measures, well short of war or other modes of economic imperialism, to attract them. However, at least in the minds of individual Athenians considerations of traders indispensability to Athens displaced what otherwise would have been low estimations of their social status.
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Table of contents
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- Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World *
- Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World *
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments viii
- IX - Abbreviations *
- References to Greek Terms xi
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1 - Coming to Terms 6
- Chapter 2 - Classical Modes and Patterns of Exchange 15
- Chapter 3 - The Juridical Place of Maritime Traders 27
- Chapter 4 - The Level of Wealth of Maritime Traders 34
- Chapter 5 - Official Attitudes Towards Maritime Traders 43
- Chapter 6 - Unofficial Attitudes Toward Maritime Traders 54
- Chapter 7 - Archaic Modes of Exchange and the Personnel Involved C. 800-475 B.C. 62
- Chapter 8 - Conclusion: Then and Now 75
- Appendix 1 - Emporoi and Nauklēroi: Their Attested States of Origin 82
- Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World *
- Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World *
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments viii
- IX - Abbreviations *
- References to Greek Terms xi
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1 - Coming to Terms 6
- Chapter 2 - Classical Modes and Patterns of Exchange 15
- Chapter 3 - The Juridical Place of Maritime Traders 27
- Chapter 4 - The Level of Wealth of Maritime Traders 34
- Chapter 5 - Official Attitudes Towards Maritime Traders 43
- Chapter 6 - Unofficial Attitudes Toward Maritime Traders 54
- Chapter 7 - Archaic Modes of Exchange and the Personnel Involved C. 800-475 B.C. 62
- Chapter 8 - Conclusion: Then and Now 75
- Appendix 1 - Emporoi and Nauklēroi: Their Attested States of Origin 82
- Appendix 2 - Cohesion Among Maritime Traders 85
- Appendix 3 - The Dikai Emporikai 89
- Appendix 4 - Catalogue of Emporoi and Nauklēroi 93
- Bibliography 133
- Index Locorum 149
- General Index 157