Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution
(Part of the Greek Culture in the Roman World Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1107525780
ISBN13:9781107525788
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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