Trees In Ancient Rome

Author : Andrew Fox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350237817
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees in Ancient Rome written by Andrew Fox and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the transitional period of the late Republic to the early Principate, Trees in Ancient Rome offers a sustained examination of the deployment of trees in the ancient city, exploring not only the practicalities of their cultivation, but also their symbolic value. The Ruminal fig tree sheltered the she-wolf as she nursed Romulus and Remus and year's later Rome was founded between two groves. As the city grew, neighbourhoods bore the names of groves and hills were known by the trees which grew atop them. From the 1st century BCE, triumphs included trees among their spoils and Rome's green cityscape grew, as did the challenges of finding room for trees within the congested city. This volume begins with an examination of the role of trees as repositories of human memory, lasting for several generations. It goes on to untangle the import of trees, and their role in the triumphal procession, before closing with a discussion of how trees could be grown in Rome's urban spaces. Drawing on a combination of literary, visual and archaeological sources, it reveals the rich variety of trees in evidence, and explores how they impacted, and were used to impact, life in the ancient city.

Author : Wilhelmina F. Jashemski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108327036
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardens of the Roman Empire written by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.

Author : Andrew Fox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350237825
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees in Ancient Rome written by Andrew Fox and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the transitional period of the late Republic to the early Principate, Trees in Ancient Rome offers a sustained examination of the deployment of trees in the ancient city, exploring not only the practicalities of their cultivation, but also their symbolic value. The Ruminal fig tree sheltered the she-wolf as she nursed Romulus and Remus and year's later Rome was founded between two groves. As the city grew, neighbourhoods bore the names of groves and hills were known by the trees which grew atop them. From the 1st century BCE, triumphs included trees among their spoils and Rome's green cityscape grew, as did the challenges of finding room for trees within the congested city. This volume begins with an examination of the role of trees as repositories of human memory, lasting for several generations. It goes on to untangle the import of trees, and their role in the triumphal procession, before closing with a discussion of how trees could be grown in Rome's urban spaces. Drawing on a combination of literary, visual and archaeological sources, it reveals the rich variety of trees in evidence, and explores how they impacted, and were used to impact, life in the ancient city.

Author : Russell Meiggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World. (Repr.) written by Russell Meiggs and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda Farrar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752464435
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Roman Gardens written by Linda Farrar and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the development of Roman gardens from humble vegetable patches to the sophisticated formats seen at the height of the empire. Domestic, public, town and country gardens are covered, and archaeological research is used to illustrate the value of gardens to contemporary society.

Author : Lukas Thommen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107002168
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome written by Lukas Thommen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature.

Author : Annalisa Marzano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781009113960
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome written by Annalisa Marzano and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book 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"--

Author : Annalisa Marzano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009100661
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome written by Annalisa Marzano and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book 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.

Author : Roger Bradley Ulrich
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300103410
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Woodworking written by Roger Bradley Ulrich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tecnicas Romanas en madera.

Author : Russell Meiggs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World written by Russell Meiggs and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1982 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of timber supply and demand in the Near East and the world of ancient Greece and Rome. Drawing from a wide range of literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, Meiggs traces changing patterns in their historical setting, and examines the timber requirements of fleets and armies, building, agriculture, and sculpture and furniture. He also draws a tentative outline of the structure of the timber trade, with special emphasis on transport, and determines that the part played by Greece and Rome in deforestation has been greatly exaggerated.