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001 2011032625
003 DLC
005 20110822121535.0
008 110802s2012 enk b 001 0deng
010 $a 2011032625
020 $a9781107012110 (hbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aDF240$b.S67 2012
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084 $aHIS002000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSpawforth, Antony.
245 10 $aGreece and the Augustan cultural revolution /$cA.J.S. Spawforth.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1112
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aGreek culture in the Roman world
520 $a"This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical' Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy, provincial-Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive cultural work (revival of ritual; restoration of buildings) aimed at further emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
651 0 $aGreece$xCivilization$xRoman influences.
651 0 $aGreece$xMoral conditions.
650 0 $aSocial change$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aElites (Social sciences)$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aEthnicity$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aAcculturation$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aCities and towns, Ancient$zGreece.
600 00 $aAugustus,$cEmperor of Rome,$d63 B.C.-14 A.D.$xInfluence.
600 00 $aHadrian,$cEmperor of Rome,$d76-138$xInfluence.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/12110/cover/9781107012110.jpg
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-t.html