agoranomoi

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ancient Greek public office market official

Agoranomoi were ancient Greek officials responsible for overseeing markets, regulating trade, and enforcing commercial laws in city-states such as Athens.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek public office ⓘ market official ⓘ
appointedBy	city authorities ⓘ
basedIn	city-states such as Athens ⓘ
contrastWith	astynomoi ⓘ sitophylakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
duty	enforcing market regulations ⓘ ensuring fair prices ⓘ inspection of goods sold in the market ⓘ maintaining order in the marketplace ⓘ preventing fraud in the marketplace ⓘ supervising weights and measures ⓘ
etymology	derived from ἀγορά (agora, market) and νόμος (nomos, law) ⓘ
jurisdiction	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek city-states ⓘ agora ⓘ
label	ἀγορανόμοι ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalAuthority	power to confiscate unlawful goods ⓘ power to impose fines ⓘ power to prosecute offenders ⓘ
partOf	civic administration of Greek poleis ⓘ
relatedTo	Athenian democracy ⓘ Greek commercial law ⓘ agora ⓘ
role	enforcement of commercial laws ⓘ oversight of markets ⓘ regulation of trade ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Athenian magistrates → subClassOf → agoranomoi ⓘ