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Antimenes reinstated the ancient law (1)

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08 Administrative systems
08 Administrative systems
07 Crafts and economy

 		Keywords
Babylonia
taxes
tithes
Period
4th century BCE
Greek Classical Age 		Channel
Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
Aristotle, Oeconomica 2.1352b:
Antimenes of Rhodes, who was appointed by Alexander, superintendent of highways in the province of Babylon, adopted the following means of raising funds. An ancient law of the country imposed a tax of one-tenth on all imports; but this had fallen into total abeyance. Antimenes kept a watch for all governors and soldiers whose arrival was expected, and upon the many ambassadors and craftsmen who were invited to the city, but brought with them others who dwelt there unofficially; and also upon the multitude of presents that were brought , on which he exacted the legal tax of a tenth.

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Aristotle, Oeconomica 2.1352b

Bibliography

Armstrong 1962, 390-393Armstrong, G. Cyril. Aristotle, Oeconomica and Magna Moralia. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1962.
Dalley and Reyes 1998, 112Dalley, S. and A. T. Reyes. “Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 85-124.

Amar Annus


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