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Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts
By (Author) Edward Cohen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
343.3850960269
Hardback
246
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
510g
Athenian power and prosperity in the fourth century B.C. was based largely on commerce. The complex litigation arising from commercial activities was heard in special maritime courts, dikai emporikai, the subject of this monograph. Using both ancient and secondary sources, Edward E. Cohen has pieced together the evolution of these courts and has ex