Author : A. J. S. Spawforth
Release : 2011-11-03
Genre : History
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Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution write by A. J. S. Spawforth. This book was released on 2011-11-03. Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.