The Financial Aspects of the Silver Mining Operations

Emmanouil M. L. Economou and Nicholas C. Kyriazis
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Emmanouil M. L. Economou: University of Thessaly
Nicholas C. Kyriazis: University of Thessaly

Chapter Chapter 12 in Daily Life in Classical Athens, 2024, pp 171-178 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes how the economic exploitation of the Athenian silver mines was taking place at Laurion. In particular, it describes an auction procedure at Laurion, next, the authorized institution which was responsible for the mines leases, the poletai, and finally, in detail the whole procedure of extracting silver by the mines. Silver mining was vital for the success of the Athenian economic model of organization, and for Athens’s hegemony in the East Mediterranean.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58541-8_12

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