Rome's Cultural Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521721608)

The period of Rome's imperial expansion, the late Republic and early Empire, saw transformations of its society, culture and identity. Drawing equally on archaeological and literary evidence, this book offers an original and provocative interpretation of these changes. Moving from recent debates about colonialism and cultural identity, both in the Roman world and more broadly, and challenging the traditional picture of 'Romanization' and 'Hellenization', it offers instead a model of overlapping cultural identities in dialogue with one another. It attributes a central role to cultural change in the process of redefinition of Roman identity, represented politically by the crisis of the Republican system and the establishment of the new Augustan order. Whether or not it is right to see these changes as 'revolutionary', they involve a profound transformation of Roman life and identity, one that lies at the heart of understanding the nature of the Roman Empire.

Author: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
ISBN-10: 0521721601
ISBN-13: 9780521721608
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/06/2008
Pages: 546
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2009