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Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome

By: Annalisa Marzano(Author)
360 pages, 10 b/w illustrations
Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome
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  • Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome ISBN: 9781009100663 Hardback Oct 2022 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome investigates the cultural and political dimension of Roman arboriculture and the associated movement of plants from one corner of the empire to the other. It uses the convergent perspectives offered by textual and archaeological sources to sketch a picture of large-scale arboriculture as a phenomenon primarily driven by elite activity and imperialism. Arboriculture had a clear cultural role in the Roman world: it was used to construct the public persona of many elite Romans, with the introduction of new plants from far away regions or the development of new cultivars contributing to the elite competitive display. Exotic plants from conquered regions were also displayed as trophies in military triumphs, making plants an element of the language of imperialism. Annalisa Marzano argues that the Augustan era was a key moment for the development of arboriculture and identifies colonists and soldiers as important agents contributing to plant dispersal and diversity.

Contents

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

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Biography

Annalisa Marzano is a Professor of Ancient History at the University of Reading and Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Bologna. She is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the Academia Europaea. She has published two monographs, Roman Villas in Central Italy (2007), winner of the Silver Medal at the VIII Premio G. Boulvert, and Harvesting the Sea (2013).

By: Annalisa Marzano(Author)
360 pages, 10 b/w illustrations
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