Title: Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution
Description: "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"--
Subjects: Political culture, Acculturation, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Influence, Roman influences, Social change, Civilization, Elites (Social sciences), Moral conditions, Ancient Cities and towns, Ethnicity, History, Augustus, emperor of rome, 63 b.c.-14 a.d., Hadrian, emperor of rome, 76-138, Elite (social sciences), Cities and towns, ancient, Cities and towns, greece
Places: Greece
People: Hadrian Emperor of Rome (76-138), Augustus Emperor of Rome (63 B.C.-14 A.D)
Time periods: To 1500