Public lecture in numismatics, on topic Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens, by Dr David M. Pritchard, from The University of Queensland, will calculate public spending in classical Athens.
Ancient historians debate whether this famous democracy spent more on religion or war. They cannot agree how the Athenians paid for politics.
This lecture does more than settle longstanding debates. In Athenian democracy voters had full control over public spending. In voting for a bill they always knew its cost and how much they normally spent on such bills. The sums which they spent reflected the order of the priorities which they had set for their state.
Dr David M. Pritchard is Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland.
When: Monday 1 September at 6 pm
Where: Seminar Room, Museum of Ancient Cultures, X5B, Macquarie University
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