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Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens by Millett Paul, Paul Millett is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens about?
Lending and borrowing were commonplace in Athens during the fourth century BC and could involve interest rates, security and banks, but the part played by credit was very different from its familiar role in capitalist society. Using a combination of sources, but concentrating on the law-court speeches of the Attic orators, Dr Millett shows that it is possible to see how lending and borrowing were a way of ordering social relations between Athenian citizens. Although debt could be disruptive, it
Who reads Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Millett Paul, Paul Millett
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521373333
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Economics, Finance, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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