عنوان

Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution /

(Number (ISBN

1107012112

(Number (ISBN

9781107012110

Number

b509957

Title Proper

Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

A.J.S. Spawforth

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2012

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 319 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations,

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

0Greek culture in the Roman world

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

"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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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Spawforth, Antony

Date of Transaction

20120105112445.0

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Electronic name

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