Istituzioni monetarie nelle politeiai di Sicilia e Magna Grecia

Several fragments from the aristotelian politeiai of Magna Graecia and Sicily regard metrological aspects connected with constitutional matters of some greek poleis (Syrakousai, Tarentum, Akragas, and Himera). Two passages from Pollux Onomasticon (IV 173-175, IX 79-82), a scholium on Iliad V 576, and the pseudo-aristotelian Oeconomicus 20c, and 20h, suggest that these references to money in the aristotelian politeiai could be connected with monetary reforms – a key element in the life of a polis, as Athenaion politeia 10 shows, and that in such contexts money should have had a sharp political value.