Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century : Case Studies

This interdisciplinary volume explains the phenomenon of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe through the prism of Graeco-Roman antiquity.

Through a series of case studies covering a broad range of source material, it demonstrates the different purposes the heritage of the classical world was put to during a turbulent period in European history.

Contributors include classicists, historians, archaeologists, art historians and others.