By James Artz
This paintings explores the position of usual assets inthe growth and transformation of the Delian Leagueinto the Athenian empire, targeting twoparticularly resource-rich areas, Thasos and theBlack coastline. Thasos used to be recognized in antiquityfor its worthy valuable steel assets and theBlack Sea was once likewise well known for its grain. Thispaper will examine even if Athenian curiosity innatural assets may have performed a significantrole in shaping Athenian coverage, and hence affectedthe improvement of the Athenian empire. The copiousamount of scholarship at the transformation andexpansion of the Athenian empire shows that itcannot be simplistically lowered to a unmarried factoror reason, and the pursuit of typical assets cannotexplain or justify the Athenian empire on its own. however this paintings will exhibit that the Athenianpursuit of average assets may have affected theevents of the fifth century, and ignoring the pursuitof usual assets within the improvement of theAthenian empire may reduce an important factorin the translation of its reasons and motives.
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95 Thasos also possessed mines on the island, which were less productive than those of the mainland, but nevertheless increased the wealth of Thasos. 96 Although these locations are discussed in some detail by the ancient sources, their exact locations remain unclear. None of the sites have been discovered archaeologically, which has left scholars to debate the interpretation of the information in the historical sources. Isaac has recently developed the following interpretation, based on a close examination of the primary sources: Skaptesyle was a mine at or near the later site of Krenides, also known as Philippi.
Pouilloux’s historical interpretation of this inscription will be discussed in correlation with the numismatic and epigraphic evidence in a later section, but it is important to note the appearance of this previously unknown group of magistrates, who appear to be involved in regulating agriculture. Further epigraphic evidence from last quarter of the 5th century also shows the reemergence of Thasian control over the viticultural resources of the island and the Peraia. IG XII suppl. 143 The inscription was found in two parts.
Although the archaeological evidence supports a correlation between sites engaging in ceramic fineware trade and sites with evidence for production of the soft Russian bread wheat desirable for export, Tsetskhladze believes the evidence is unconvincing as proof for large scale grain trade between Athens and the Black Sea during the Classical period. Tsetskhladze argues that scholarly research on the Black Sea grain trade has proceeded from tenuous literary evidence, and archaeological evidence does not substantiate either the ancient literary evidence or the modern work that has elaborated on it.