Trierarch

The trierarchy was an important official of the military Leiturgie in Athens. A trierarch (Greek τριήραρχος ) undertook long equip a trireme for one year and to command.

The trierarchy was 483/482 BC, introduced as a replacement for the Naukraries that no longer met since initiated by Themistocles naval. Later could command other warships than triremes trierarchs.

Since the burden of the Peloponnesian War BC were too big at the end of the 5th century, the system of financing has changed 410 BC. From now on, was the Syntrierarchie where two trierarchs funded a trireme. 357 BC ( or shortly before ) the loads were redistributed by a by a man named Periander bill introduced, which introduced the symmoria. Demosthenes began 340 BC, a new evaluation, only 300 Athenians came to the as trierarchs in question and poorer Athenians were thus no longer contribute.

Outside of Athens, as trierarch generally the commander of a warship called, even if he did not came up in contrast to the Attic trierarchs for its financing.

• Military history ( ancient Greece)
• Attic law