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Macedonia became just another Roman province (in 146 b.c.) and Athens not much more than a showplace museum city, though its philosophy schools and orators kept attracting Romans with political ambitions.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, never much of a showplace for British art, has mounted a Burne-Jones exhibition that in its sheer size and comprehensiveness--there's always one more room than you thought, including a dining room decorated by the master--asserts the artist's importance.