TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spawforth,Antony
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution
T2  - Greek culture in the Roman world
AV  - DF240 .S67 2012
U1  - 938/.09 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Augustus,
KW  - Hadrian,
KW  - Social change
KW  - Greece
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Acculturation
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Cities and towns, Ancient
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Roman influences
KW  - Moral conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=807349
ER  -