Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome

ISBN-13: 9781009100663 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 380 str.

Annalisa (University of Reading) Marzano

Opis

Investigates the cultural and political dimension of Roman arboriculture and the associated movement of plants across the empire.

Spis treści

1. Roman gardens, representation and politics; 2. Aboriculture, 'Botanical Imperialism' and plants on the move; 3. The Augustan 'Horticultural Revolution'; 4. Grafting glory; 5. Of peaches and peach trees; 6. Campania and Cisalpine Gaul: Developments in commercial arboriculture; 7. Plant dispersal and provincial agriculture: The Iberian peninsula and Gaul; 8. Viticulture versus arboriculture: A matter of choice.