TY - BOOK ID - 3361266 TI - Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution PY - 2012 VL - *16 SN - 9781107012110 1107012112 9781139505024 9780511997853 9781107525788 1107525780 1139179969 1107229049 1139189743 9786613378606 1139188437 1139183818 1283378604 1139191039 1139186132 051199785X 9781139191036 9781139186131 9781139179966 9781107229044 9781283378604 6613378607 9781139189743 9781139188432 9781139183819 PB - Cambridge, UK New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Social change KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Ethnicity KW - Acculturation KW - Political culture KW - Cities and towns, Ancient KW - Changement social KW - Elite (Sciences sociales) KW - Ethnicité KW - Culture politique KW - Villes antiques KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Augustus, KW - Hadrian, KW - Influence. KW - Geschichte 27 v. Chr.-14. KW - Greece KW - Grèce KW - Civilization KW - Roman influences. KW - Moral conditions. KW - Civilisation KW - Influence romaine KW - Conditions morales KW - Auguste (empereur romain ; 0063 av. J.-C.-0014) KW - Influence KW - Elites (Social sciences) KW - Ethnicité KW - Grèce KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Culture KW - Political science KW - Ethnic identity KW - Group identity KW - Cultural fusion KW - Multiculturalism KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Leadership KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Social classes KW - Social groups KW - Culture contact KW - Development education KW - Ethnology KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Adrian, KW - Hadrianus, KW - Adriano, KW - Hadrien, KW - אדריאנוס, KW - Octavius Caesar, KW - Gaius Octavius, KW - Octavius, Gaius, KW - Octavianus, KW - Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, KW - Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, KW - Octavian, KW - Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, KW - T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, KW - Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, KW - Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, KW - Octavianus Augustus, KW - Augusto, KW - Cesarz August, KW - Ogusṭus, KW - Augustus Caesar, KW - Gaius Octavius Thurinus, KW - Octavio Augusto, KW - Cayo Octavio Turino, KW - Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, KW - Turino, Cayo Octavio, KW - אוגוסטוס KW - Griechenland KW - Hellas KW - Yaṿan KW - Vasileion tēs Hellados KW - Hellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - République hellénique KW - Royaume de Grèce KW - Kingdom of Greece KW - Hellenic Republic KW - Ancient Greece KW - Ελλάδα KW - Ellada KW - Ελλάς KW - Ellas KW - Ελληνική Δημοκρατία KW - Ellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Elliniki Dimokratia KW - Grecia KW - Grčija KW - Hellada KW - اليونان KW - يونان KW - al-Yūnān KW - Yūnān KW - 希腊 KW - Xila KW - Греция KW - Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Rome KW - Culture contact (Acculturation) KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3361266 AB - "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"-- ER -