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BL
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687768
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b509957
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| Main Entry
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Spawforth, Antony
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| Title & Author
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Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution /\ A.J.S. Spawforth
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2012
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| Series Statement
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0Greek culture in the Roman world
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viii, 319 pages :: illustrations,; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1107012112
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: 9781107012110
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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"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"--
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Augustus,63 B.C.-14 A.D.-- Influence
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Hadrian,76-138-- Influence
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Acculturation-- Greece-- History-- To 1500
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Cities and towns, Ancient-- Greece
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Elite (Social sciences)-- Greece-- History-- To 1500
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Ethnicity-- Greece-- History-- To 1500
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Political culture-- Greece-- History-- To 1500
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Social change-- Greece-- History-- To 1500
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Greece, Civilization, Roman influences
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Greece, Moral conditions
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| Dewey Classification
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938/.09
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DF240.S67 2012
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