Comparing Roman hellenisms in Italy / edited by Basil DuFallo and Riemer A. Faber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faber, Riemer A., 1961- editor.

Dufallo, Basil, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellenism.

Rome--Civilization--Greek influences.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2023.

Summary:

The story of Roman Hellenism--defined as the imitation or adoption of something Greek by those subject to or operating under Roman power--begins not with Roman incursions into the Greek mainland, but in Italy, where our most plentiful and spectacular surviving evidence is concentrated. Think of the architecture of the Roman capital, the Campanian towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum buried by Vesuvius, and the Hellenic culture of the Etruscans. Perhaps "everybody knows" that Rome adapted Greek culture in a steadily more "sophisticated" way as its prosperity and might increased. This volume, however, argues that the assumption of smooth continuity, let alone steady "improvement," in any aspect of Roman Hellenism can blind us to important aspects of what Roman Hellenism really is and how it functions in a given context.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-367) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

Other Format:

Print version: Dufallo, Basil Comparing Roman Hellenisms in Italy

ISBN:

9780472221127

0472221124