Taxing freedom in Thessalian manumission inscriptions / / by Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz.
In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly, which record payments made to the poleis by manumitted slaves. In this original study the author explores the purpose of and the motivation behind these payments, apparently exacted as...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, volume 361 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ;
v. 361. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.