FOR EVERYTHING TO REMAIN THE SAME,EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE!PRIVATE WEALTH AND PUBLIC REVENUES  

作　　者：Dorothea Rohde 

机构地区：[1]University of Bielefeld

出　　处：《Journal of Ancient Civilizations》2019年第2期245-271,329,共28页世界古典文明史杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Expenditures and the way in which they were met were–and still are–a mirror of the values of a given society.However,the concrete content of Athenian identity was a product of discourse and therefore subject to flexible interpretation.And the interpretations became more flexible the severer the economic crises were:the defeat in the Peloponnesian War,the loss of tribute,and the huge expenditures for the civil war urged the Athenians to find ways to meet public demands.And,against all expectations,their investments even increased in the fourth century.This was only possible by using private wealth in a more sophisticated way than in the fifth century.A by-product was that the polis depended heavily on the wealthy elite–not only on their private wealth but also on their economic expertise.This correlation between private wealth and public revenues ultimately led to an office that went beyond the scope of the democratic principles of the fifth century.The increased importance of private wealth for public purposes therefore affected fundamentally the institutions of democratic Athens.

关 键 词：ELITE mirror PRIVATE 

分 类 号：D67[政治法律—政治学]