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. | Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century by Thorsten Fögen, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters