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Five - Standards and the State

from Part II - Measuring a Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2024

D. Alex Walthall
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Chapter 5 builds the case that, in order to better facilitate the collection of agricultural taxes, the Hieronian state brought about the standardization of volumetric measurement throughout southeastern Sicily during the course of the third century BCE.

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Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
Economy and Administration during the Reign of Hieron II
, pp. 157 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Standards and the State
  • D. Alex Walthall, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
  • Online publication: 27 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036474.008
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  • Standards and the State
  • D. Alex Walthall, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
  • Online publication: 27 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036474.008
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  • Standards and the State
  • D. Alex Walthall, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
  • Online publication: 27 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036474.008
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