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1、GREECEANDTHEAUGUSTANCULTURALREVOLUTIONThisbookexaminestheimpactoftheRomanculturalrevolutionunderAugustusontheRomanprovinceofGreece.ItarguesthatthetransformationofRomanGreeceintoaclassicisingmuseumwasaspecificresponseoftheprovincialGreekelitestotheculturalpoliticsoftheRo
2、manimperialmonarchy.AgainstabackgroundofRomandebatesaboutGreekcultureandRomandecadence,Augus-tuspromotedtheidealofaRomandebttoaclassicalGreecerootedinEuropeandmorallyopposedtoastereotypedAsia.InGreecetheregimesignalleditsadmirationforAthens,Sparta,OlympiaandPlataeaassy
3、mbolsofthesepastGreekglories.CuedbytheAugustanmonarchy,provincial-GreeknotablesexpressedtheirRomanorien-tationbycompetitiveculturalwork(revivalofritual;restorationofbuildings)aimedatfurtheremphasisingGreecesclassicallegacy.ReprisedbyHadrian,theAugustanconstructionofcla
4、ssicalGreecehelpedtopromotethearchaismtypifyingGreekcultureundertheprincipate.a.j.s.spawforthisProfessorofAncientHistoryattheSchoolofHistoricalStudies,NewcastleUniversity.HisdistinguishedlistofpublicationsincludesHellenisticandRomanSparta:ATaleofTwoCities(1989;2ndedn20
5、02co-authorwithPaulCartledge);TheOxfordClassicalDictionary,3rdedn(1996;revised2003co-editorwithSimonHornblower,andcontributor);Greece:AnOxfordArchae-ologicalGuide(2001co-authorwithChristopherMee);TheCom-pleteGreekTemples(2006);andTheCourtandCourtSocietyinAncientMonarch
6、ies(Cambridge,2007editorandcontributor).GREEKCULTUREINTHEROMANWORLDEditorssusane.alcock,BrownUniversityjaselsner,´CorpusChristiCollege,Oxfordsimongoldhill,UniversityofCambridgeTheGreekcultureoftheRomanEmpireoffersarichfieldofstudy.Extraordinaryinsightscanbegainedintopro
7、cessesofmulticulturalcontactandexchange,politicalandideologicalconflict,andthecreativityofachanging,polyglotempire.Duringthisperiod,manyfundamentalelementsofWesternsocietywerebeingsetinplace:fromtheriseofChristianity,toaninfluentialsystemofeducation,tolong-livedartisticc
8、anons.ThisseriesisthefirsttofocusontheresponseofGreekculturetoitsRomanimperialsettingasasignificantphenomenoninitsownri
