OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
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Revise: War and Leadership: Marathon, the Navy and Key IndividualsAristotle’s Athenian Constitution describes 100 talents being allocated to 100 wealthy Athenians, each receiving one talent to have one ship built. This produced 100 triremes. The arrangement connected public resources with wealthy citizens’ responsibility for construction.
- Revise: Plutarch and Cornelius Nepos: Biographical Sources
An ancient unit of weight also used to express large monetary amounts.
- Revise: Tarquinius Superbus: Tyranny and Military Record
A weight used to measure valuable metals. Livy gives the proceeds from Tarquin’s capture of Suessa Pometia as forty talents of silver.
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- Revise: Rome and Egypt: Geopolitical and Economic Context
A large ancient unit of weight also used to express sums of money.