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1 online resource (viii, 319 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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Greek culture in the Roman world
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Greek culture in the Roman world.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. |
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Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 -- Influence.
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Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138. |
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Greece -- Civilization -- Roman influences.
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Greece. |
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Civilization. |
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Greece -- Moral conditions.
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Moral conditions. |
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Social change -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Social change. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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Ethnicity -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Ethnicity. |
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Acculturation -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Acculturation. |
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Political culture -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Political culture. |
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece.
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Cities and towns, Ancient. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 27 v. Chr.-14. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spawforth, Antony. Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107012110 (DLC) 2011032625 (OCoLC)741548947 |
| ISBN |
9781139191036 (electronic book) |
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1139191039 (electronic book) |
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9780511997853 (electronic book) |
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051199785X (electronic book) |
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9781139186131 |
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1139186132 |
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9781107012110 |
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1107012112 |
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9781107525788 |
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1107525780 |
| Standard No. |
40020434809 |
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