太初有战。自有历史记载的远古时代到最近,战争一直是财政变革的原动力。正如希罗多德所说,“战争是万物之父”;而在伯罗奔尼撒之战中,万物之中就包括雅典开支的增加,以及由此引发的增加税收和其他收入来源的需要,战争使得雅典娜的金像被熔化掉,用来铸造金币,这具有强烈的象征意义。 Too early war. From ancient times recorded in history to the recent days, the war has been the driving force behind the fiscal reform. As Herodotus said, “war is the Father of all things.” In the Battle of the Peloponnes, all things included the increase in Athens’s expenses and the resulting increase in taxes and other sources of income The war, which made the statue of Athena melted and used for casting gold, was strongly symbolic.