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Book Number
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000261372
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ISBN
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 9781107012110 (hbk.)
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Main Entry
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Spawforth, Antony
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Title
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Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution / A.J.S. Spawforth.
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Imprint
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Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Descr.
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viii, 319 p. cm. : b/w ill., ; 24 cm.
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Series
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( Greek culture in the Roman world)
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cont.
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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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Abstract
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Per.Sub.
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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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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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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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Greece -- Civilization -- Roman influences
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Greece -- Moral conditions
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Electronic Location
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 Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/12110/cover/9781107012110.jpg
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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-b.html
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Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-d.html
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Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011032625-t.html
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Holdings
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All items
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holdings (2)
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Blegen Library
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holdings (2)
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British School Library
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