عنوان

Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution /

1107012112

9781107012110

b509957

Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution /

[Book]

A.J.S. Spawforth

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2012

viii, 319 pages :

illustrations,

24 cm

0Greek culture in the Roman world

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Greece and the Augustan age; 2. Athenian eloquence and Spartan arms; 3. The noblest actions of the Greeks; 4. The gifts of the gods; 5. Constructed beauty; 6. Hadrian and the legacy of Augustus; Conclusion

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"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"--

Augustus,63 B.C.-14 A.D.-- Influence

Hadrian,76-138-- Influence

Acculturation-- Greece-- History-- To 1500

Cities and towns, Ancient-- Greece

Elite (Social sciences)-- Greece-- History-- To 1500

Ethnicity-- Greece-- History-- To 1500

Political culture-- Greece-- History-- To 1500

Social change-- Greece-- History-- To 1500

Greece, Civilization, Roman influences

Greece, Moral conditions

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