Annalisa Marzano

Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009302258
• Artikelnr.: 70912235

Autorenporträt

Annalisa Marzano is 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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.