Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution Spawforth, Antony. creator text bibliography biography enk 2012 monographic eng print viii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "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"-- 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. A.J.S. Spawforth. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-gr--- e------ aw----- Greece Civilization Roman influences Greece Moral conditions 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 Emperor of Rome Augustus 63 B.C.-14 A.D Influence Emperor of Rome Hadrian 76-138 Influence HISTORY / Ancient / General Geschichte 27 v. Chr.-14. swd Kultur Griechenland <Altertum> Römisches Reich DF240 .S67 2012 938/.09 HIS002000 6,12 Greek culture in the Roman world 9781107012110 (hbk.) 1107012112 (hbk.) 2011032625 http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/12110/cover/9781107012110.jpg http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-t.html http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=024513504&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-t.html http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/12110/cover/9781107012110.jpg http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-d.html DLC 110802 20151202150952.0 in00002689874