Title Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution / A.J.S. Spawforth

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 319 pages) : illustrations Series Greek culture in the Roman world Greek culture in the Roman world. Contents 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 Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 -- Influence SUBJECT Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. fast Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 fast Subject Social change -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Elite (Social sciences) -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Ethnicity -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Acculturation -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Political culture -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece. Acculturation Cities and towns, Ancient Civilization -- Roman influences Elite (Social sciences) Ethnicity Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Moral conditions Political culture Social change Kultur Kultur. SUBJECT Greece -- Civilization -- Roman influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001559 Greece -- Moral conditions Subject Greece Griechenland Altertum Römisches Reich Griechenland (Altertum) Römisches Reich. Grekland -- historia -- 31 f. Kr.-476 e. Kr. (romartiden) Grekland -- kultur- och samhällsliv -- romerska influenser -- antiken. Romerska riket -- kultur- och samhällsliv -- antiken. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011032625 ISBN 9781139191036 1139191039 9780511997853 051199785X 9781139186131 1139186132 1139179969 9781139179966 1107229049 9781107229044 1283378604 9781283378604 9786613378606 6613378607 1139189743 9781139189743 1139188437 9781139188432 1139183818 9781139183819

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