Decree by Euthemon with Accounting Procedure from Halai Aixonides

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_9834
dc.title	Decree by Euthemon with Accounting Procedure from Halai Aixonides
dc.contributor.author	Negro Silvia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2022/2/decreto-di-euthemon-con-procedura-di-rendicontazio/
dc.description.abstract	The inscription (368‑367) is a decree of the deme Halai Aixonides, concerning some changes in the local accounting procedure (euthyna). According to the new rules, the demarch and the treasurers were required to make a monthly written report (logos) of incomes and expenses, keeping these logoi in a box. At the end of their office, the annual accounting was made by means of the records extracted from the box. The increased strictness of the new procedure has reasonably been connected to a financial embezzlement. Thus, the decree helps to accept the idea of the considerable autonomy of Attic demes from the central government, so that they could act on their own internal rules to ensure the proper functioning of the local administration and economy.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| Issue 2 \| December 2022
dc.issued	2022-12-12
dc.dateAccepted	2022-10-08
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-07-08
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2022/02/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Administration
dc.subject	Attica
dc.subject	Demes
dc.subject	Economy
dc.subject	Euthyna
dc.subject	Halai Aixonides

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Silvia Negro Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The inscription (368‑367) is a decree of the deme Halai Aixonides, concerning some changes in the local accounting procedure (euthyna). According to the new rules, the demarch and the treasurers were required to make a monthly written report (logos) of incomes and expenses, keeping these logoi in a box. At the end of their office, the annual accounting was made by means of the records extracted from the box. The increased strictness of the new procedure has reasonably been connected to a financial embezzlement. Thus, the decree helps to accept the idea of the considerable autonomy of Attic demes from the central government, so that they could act on their own internal rules to ensure the proper functioning of the local administration and economy.

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Dec. 12, 2022

Accepted

Oct. 8, 2022

Submitted

July 8, 2022

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Keywords: Demes • Euthyna • Attica • Halai Aixonides • Economy • Administration

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