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Sign in to savethumb|Greek Triremes (Composite pictures of the Olympias (trireme)|Olympias, a modern full-size recreation of a Greek Trireme). A trierarchy (Greek: τριηραρχία, romanized: trierarchia) was a type of obligation called a liturgy, a tax levied on the very wealthy in Ancient Athens requiring the performance of public services. The person upon whom the duty fell is called a trierarch. The responsibility might fall on one person or be shared, in which case it was known as a syntrierarchy. The trierarch was responsible for the outfitting, maintenance, operation and leadership of a warship known as a
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Syntrierarchy
- Reform
- Trierarchy in the Third Century BCE
- The Trierarch
- Athens
- The Trierarchic Crown
- Use of the Term ''Trierarch'' Outside of Athens
- The Trireme
- Manning a Trireme
- Hyperesia
- Cost of Operating a Trireme
- References
- External links
thumb|Greek Triremes (Composite pictures of the Olympias (trireme)|Olympias, a modern full-size recreation of a Greek Trireme). A trierarchy (Greek: τριηραρχία, romanized: trierarchia) was a type of obligation called a liturgy, a tax levied on the very wealthy in Ancient Athens requiring the performance of public services. The person upon whom the duty fell is called a trierarch. The responsibility might fall on one person or be shared, in which case it was known as a syntrierarchy. The trierarch was responsible for the outfitting, maintenance, operation and leadership of a warship known as a trireme (triēres). The ship, its equipment, and crew were all provided by the State, although some trierarchs supplied their own equipment and hired their own crew.
==History==