Feeding the Democracy - The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries Bc

Zusatztext ...the great merit of Moreno's reconstruction lies in the fact that it seeks to make proper sense of the enterprise that has been labelled the 'Athenian Empire': imperial expansion, food supply and economic development in both Athens and its possessions... Informationen zum Autor Alfonso Moreno is Andrew and Randall Crawley Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Magdalen College, Oxford University. Klappentext Alfonso Moreno presents a sweeping re-interpretation of the economy and society of ancient Athens, showing how the city depended for its survival on a supply of grain from overseas sources. The need for grain determined Athenian foreign policy, prompting military conquest, and revealing a Greek world as globalized as our own. Zusammenfassung Alfonso Moreno presents a sweeping re-interpretation of the economy and society of ancient Athens, showing how the city depended for its survival on a supply of grain from overseas sources. The need for grain determined Athenian foreign policy, prompting military conquest, and revealing a Greek world as globalized as our own.

Summary

Alfonso Moreno presents a sweeping re-interpretation of the economy and society of ancient Athens, showing how the city depended for its survival on a supply of grain from overseas sources. The need for grain determined Athenian foreign policy, prompting military conquest, and revealing a Greek world as globalized as our own.

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• Authors: Alfonso Moreno, Alfonso (Andrew and Randall Crawley Fellow Moreno, Alfonso (Andrew and Randall Crawley Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History Moreno, Moreno Alfonso
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780199228409
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922840-9
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE