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Thrace (Greece) (search for this): book 2, section 1351a
ompensation out of the taxes. Iphicrates of Athens provided Cotys with money for a force which he had collected in the following manner.He bade him order of his subjects to sow for him a piece of land bearing 4 1/2 bushels. A large quantity of grain was thus gathered, from the price of which, when brought to the depots on the coast, the king obtained as much money as he wanted. Cotys of Thrace asked the people of Peirinthus for a loan to enable him to raise an army. On their refusing, he begged them at any rate to let him have some of their citizens to garrison certain fortresses, and release for active service the men who were there on duty. They readily complied, thinking thus to obtain control of the fortresses. But Cotys placed in custody the men they sent, and told the citizens
Rhodes (Greece) (search for this): book 2, section 1351a
o enable him to raise an army. On their refusing, he begged them at any rate to let him have some of their citizens to garrison certain fortresses, and release for active service the men who were there on duty. They readily complied, thinking thus to obtain control of the fortresses. But Cotys placed in custody the men they sent, and told the citizens that they might have them back when they had sent him the amount of the loan he desired. Mentor of Rhodes, after taking Hermias prisoner and seizing his fortresses, left in their various districts the officials appointed by him. By this means he restored their confidence, so that they all took again to themselves the property they had hidden or had sent secretly out of the country. Then Mentor arrested them and stripped them of all they had.
Egypt (Egypt) (search for this): book 2, section 1351a
sessions; and when grain was sold, buyer and seller were each to contribute, apart from the price, one obol per artabeThe artabe was a Persian measure containing nearly 50 quarts. The obol was 1/6 of a drachma of silver.; while a tax of one tenth was to be imposed on profits arising from ships and workshops and other sources of gain.Again, when Taos was on the point of setting out from Egypt, Chabrias advised him to make requisition of all uncoined gold and silver in the possession of the inhabitants; and when most of them complied, he bade the king make use of the bullion, and refer the lenders to the governors of his provinces for compensation out of the taxes. Iphicrates of Athens provided Cotys with money for a force which he had collected in the following manner.He
Athens (Greece) (search for this): book 2, section 1351a
and other sources of gain.Again, when Taos was on the point of setting out from Egypt, Chabrias advised him to make requisition of all uncoined gold and silver in the possession of the inhabitants; and when most of them complied, he bade the king make use of the bullion, and refer the lenders to the governors of his provinces for compensation out of the taxes. Iphicrates of Athens provided Cotys with money for a force which he had collected in the following manner.He bade him order of his subjects to sow for him a piece of land bearing 4 1/2 bushels. A large quantity of grain was thus gathered, from the price of which, when brought to the depots on the coast, the king obtained as much money as he wanted. Cotys of Thrace asked the people of Peirinthus for a loan t
Persia (Iran) (search for this): book 2, section 1351a
h priesthood, being anxious to retain their own temple, offered him money from their private possessions . When the king had thus received money from them all, Chabrias bade him tell the priests to spend on the temple-service and on their own maintenance one-tenth of what they formerly spent, and lend him the remainder until he had made peace with the King Persia>.Moreover, each inhabitant was to contribute a stated proportion of his household and personal possessions; and when grain was sold, buyer and seller were each to contribute, apart from the price, one obol per artabeThe artabe was a Persian measure containing nearly 50 quarts. The obol was 1/6 of a drachma of silver.; while a tax of one tenth was to be imposed on profits arising from ships and workshops