PREFERRED TERM
2487Proeisforai (Ancient Greece)
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
SCOPE NOTE
- A type of irregular taxation that was imposed after 378 BC on the three wealthiest Athenians of each tax group (symmoria) who were invited to prepay the whole sum that corresponded to their symmoria as an advance payment (proeisphora), and were left to reimburse themselves from the other members.
SOURCE
- Heichelheim & Rhodes 2012b
CONTRIBUTOR
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
CREATOR
- Chrysovitsanos Gerasimos (AA)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Προεισφοραί (Αρχαία Ελλάδα)
Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2487
