Euboulos (English spelling)

Japanese: エウブロス（英語表記）Euboulos

[Born] Around 405 B.C.
[died] c. 330 BC Ancient Greek Athenian politician and orator. From about 355 BC he was in charge of finances, skillfully overseeing state expenditures and enabling the state to increase revenues without raising taxes. Under his leadership, the efficiency of the fleet was improved and docks and forts were restored. He adopted a policy of peace and, over the objections of Demosthenes, negotiated the Peace of Philocrates with Philip II of Macedonia in 346 BC.

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Japanese:

[生]前405頃
[没]前330頃
古代ギリシア，アテネの政治家，演説家。前 355年頃から財政を担当し，国費の歳出を巧みに監督，増税なしに国家歳入の増加を可能にした。彼の指導下に艦隊の効率が改善され，ドックや堡塁が修復された。平和政策をとり，デモステネスの反対を押切って，マケドニアのフィリッポス2世と交渉し，前 346年フィロクラテスの和を結ばせた。

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