The Seleukid royal economy : the finances and financial administration of the Seleukid empire /
This book examines the royal economy of the Seleukid Empire, the principal successor-state to the empire of Alexander the Greek. This wide-ranging economic study shows how rulers exploited resources to finance their administrations. Adopting a highly original numerical approach, the book presents a...
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Call Number: DS96 .A64 2004
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| 100 | 1 | |a Aperghis, G. G. |q (Gerassimos George), |e author |9 25521 | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Seleukid royal economy : |b the finances and financial administration of the Seleukid empire / |c G. G. Aperghis. |h |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge ; |a New York : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2004. | |
| 300 | |a xv, 361 pages : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a •Part I. Preliminaries •1. Sources and methods •2. Historical summary •3. The posing of a problem •Part II. The Underlying Economy •4. Geography and population •5. Production and exchange •6. The granting of land •Part III. The Royal Economy •7. Ps-Aristotle's Oikonomika, book II •8. Revenue •9. The handling of surpluses •10. Expenditure •11. Coinage •12. A model of the Seleukid economy •13. Financial administration •General conclusions | |
| 520 | |a This book examines the royal economy of the Seleukid Empire, the principal successor-state to the empire of Alexander the Greek. This wide-ranging economic study shows how rulers exploited resources to finance their administrations. Adopting a highly original numerical approach, the book presents a quantified model of the Seleukid royal economy. | ||
| 546 | |a Appendix 2 contains documents in Ancient Greek with English translations. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Seleucids. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Syria |x History |y 333 B.C.-634 A. D. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Syria |x Economic conditions. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
| 942 | |c BK |2 lcc | ||