A Trierarchy was a type of obligation called a liturgy, a debt similar to a tax on the very wealthy in ancient Athens. The person (or persons) up on whom the duty fell is called a Trierarch. The Trierarch was responsible for the outfitting, maintenance, operation and leadership of a warship known as a trireme, the hull and mast of the ship being p...
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obligation of fitting out ships
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• (n.) The office duty of a trierarch.
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the office of the trieracrch, who was the commander of a trireme; in Athens, the trierarchy had the duty of fitting out or furnishing triremes for public service; Periandros established an Athenian naval reform in the middle of the fourth century BCE, changing the former system of the trierarchy, when expenses were paid for a warship by one or two ...
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