THE POST-CLASSICAL GREEK AGORA

[...]this is a long and ambitious study that offers a fresh perspective on Hellenistic and Roman Greece.[...]he counters the idea that changes to the appearance of the agora in the Hellenistic and Roman periods are the direct result of external (i.e. Roman) influence.By setting architectural transfo...

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Published in:The Classical Review 2018, Vol.68 (1), p.208-210
Main Author: Baltes, Elizabeth P.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient Greek
Architecture
Greek civilization
Hellenistic
Politics
Public spaces
Reviews
Roman civilization
Urbanism
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Summary:[...]this is a long and ambitious study that offers a fresh perspective on Hellenistic and Roman Greece.[...]he counters the idea that changes to the appearance of the agora in the Hellenistic and Roman periods are the direct result of external (i.e. Roman) influence.By setting architectural transformations in a broader chronological context and by demonstrating that even in the High Empire new political buildings were being constructed (and old ones were being refurbished and augmented), D. compellingly challenges the long-held assumption that the architectural changes seen in the Greek agora in the Hellenistic and Roman periods were the result of direct Roman influence and, therefore, evidence of political decline.
ISSN:0009-840X
1464-3561
DOI:10.1017/S0009840X17002268