The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies And Conquests; From the Earliest ... 1-2
The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies And Conquests; From the Earliest ... 1-2
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take mo- At length, however, most of those scattered «^h^ islands and sea-ports, which ranged under the frmo the colours of Athens, grew weary of perpetual hos- tilities, of which they shared the toil and the danger, while their lofty leaders alone reaped the advantage and the glory, and became continually more anxious to enjoy the benefita of public peace and the undisturbed comforts of domestic tran- quillity. The Athenians availed themselves of this disposition, to engage such states as appe...ared most backward in raising their contingents for the common armament, to compound for personal service on shipboard, by an annual supply of money, which might enable Athens continually to keep in readiness a fleet of observation, to watch and check the motions of the common ^ Idem, ibid. & Nepot in Cimon. & Thueydid. I. i.
Digitized by VjOOQ IC ANCIENT GREECE. 75 enemy- This, at first voluntary, contribution chap.
soon amounted to the value of an hundred thou- v ^ » sand pounds. It was gradually augmented ; and, at length, raised by Pericles to three times the original sum^ ; an immense income, considering that the proportional value of money to labour was then ten times higher than at present ; and considering also the very limited revenues of the greatest monarchs of antiquity 3 since, from all the various provinces of the Persian empire, scarcely four millions sterling entered the royal treasury.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
take mo- At length, however, most of those scattered «^h^ islands and sea-ports, which ranged under the frmo the colours of Athens, grew weary of perpetual hos- tilities, of which they shared the toil and the danger, while their lofty leaders alone reaped the advantage and the glory, and became continually more anxious to enjoy the benefita of public peace and the undisturbed comforts of domestic tran- quillity. The Athenians availed themselves of this disposition, to engage such states as appe...ared most backward in raising their contingents for the common armament, to compound for personal service on shipboard, by an annual supply of money, which might enable Athens continually to keep in readiness a fleet of observation, to watch and check the motions of the common ^ Idem, ibid. & Nepot in Cimon. & Thueydid. I. i.
Digitized by VjOOQ IC ANCIENT GREECE. 75 enemy- This, at first voluntary, contribution chap.
soon amounted to the value of an hundred thou- v ^ » sand pounds. It was gradually augmented ; and, at length, raised by Pericles to three times the original sum^ ; an immense income, considering that the proportional value of money to labour was then ten times higher than at present ; and considering also the very limited revenues of the greatest monarchs of antiquity 3 since, from all the various provinces of the Persian empire, scarcely four millions sterling entered the royal treasury.
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