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