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Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution Hardcover - 2011

by A. J. Spawforth


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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.

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  • Title Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution
  • Author A. J. Spawforth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 327
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2011. 327p. Hardback. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution u
  • Date 2011-11-03
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781107012110 / 1107012112
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Augustus - Influence, Cities and towns, Ancient - Greece
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011032625
  • Dewey Decimal Code 938.09

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