1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Land and Finance in Ancient Greece
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08610392
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kagoshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Tadashi Kagoshima University Faculty of Education Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (10253858)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1998
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| Keywords | Polis / public land-leasing / Hekatostai inscriptions / Eisphora / private usurpation of public land / Hellenistic Period / private property -kleros- / クレーロス |
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| Research Abstract |
The summary of this research is the following.
1. The scale of Polis and territorial-cult organizations property -public land- leasing in the late 4^<th> century B.C.becomes more striking in Athens. The income to be gained from renting the property out is one of important sources for the Athenian Finance in the late 4^<th> century B.C.
2. Hekatostai inscriptions deal with the lease of property and with the levy of the Eisphora. if so, The scale of territorial-cult organizations property leasing in the late 4^<th> century B.C.becomes more striking in Athens.
3. On Athens and other Poleis, A tendency to private usurpation of public land becomes more common in Hellenistic Period. This tendency is a big minus for The State Finance, because the income to be gained from renting the property out decreases.
4. The coexistence of private property -kleros- with land held in common -public land- is a distinctive feature in Hellenistic Poleis. A tendency to private usurpation of public land in Hellenistic Period is a grave situation leading the Poleis to dicline.
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