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Taxing freedom in Thessalian manumission inscriptions /

In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines the nature, the purpose, and the historical and economic context of payments made to the polis by manumitted slaves, as recorded in manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zelnick-Abramovitz, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 361.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Taxation and slavery
  • The Thessalian manumission inscriptions
  • Manumission tax or publication fee?
  • The evidence from other places
  • The historical and economic background.