Publication:

Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution (2012)

Author(s): Spawforth AJS

    Abstract: This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece, arguing that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicising 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate.

      • Series Title: Greek Culture in the Roman World
      • Number of Pages: 319
      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      • Publication type: Authored book
      • Bibliographic status: Published
        Staff

        Professor Tony Spawforth
        Professor of Ancient History