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Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution

A. J. S. Spawforth 2012 ;ISBN: 1107012112 ;ISBN: 9781107012110 ;ISBN: 9781107525788 ;ISBN: 1107525780 ;EISBN: 9780511997853 ;EISBN: 051199785X ;EISBN: 9781139186131 ;EISBN: 1139186132 ;EISBN: 9781107229044 ;EISBN: 1107229049 ;EISBN: 1139179969 ;EISBN: 9781139179966 ;DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511997853 ;OCLC: 782877099

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  • Title:
    Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution
  • Author: Spawforth, A. J. S.
  • Subjects: 63 B.C.-14 A.D ; 76-138 ; Acculturation ; Augustus ; Elite (Social sciences) ; Emperor of Rome ; Ethnicity ; Greece ; Hadrian ; History ; Influence ; Political culture ; Social change ; To 1500
  • Description: This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical' Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy, provincial Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive cultural work (revival of ritual; restoration of buildings) aimed at further emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate.
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Creation Date: 2011
  • Format: 330
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 1107012112
    ISBN: 9781107012110
    ISBN: 9781107525788
    ISBN: 1107525780
    EISBN: 9780511997853
    EISBN: 051199785X
    EISBN: 9781139186131
    EISBN: 1139186132
    EISBN: 9781107229044
    EISBN: 1107229049
    EISBN: 1139179969
    EISBN: 9781139179966
    DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511997853
    OCLC: 782877099
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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