Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution

"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 monarch...

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Auteur principal: Spawforth, Antony
Collectivité auteur: ebrary, Inc
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Collection:Greek culture in the Roman world.
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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.