Book contents
- Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome
- Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Roman Gardens, Representation, and Politics
- Chapter 2 Arboriculture, ‘Botanical Imperialism’, and Plants on the Move
- Chapter 3 The Augustan ‘Horticultural Revolution’
- Chapter 4 Grafting Glory
- Chapter 5 Of Peaches and Peach Trees
- Chapter 6 Campania and Cisalpine Gaul:
- Chapter 7 Plant Dispersal and Provincial Agriculture
- Chapter 8 Viticulture versus Arboriculture
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022
- Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome
- Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Roman Gardens, Representation, and Politics
- Chapter 2 Arboriculture, ‘Botanical Imperialism’, and Plants on the Move
- Chapter 3 The Augustan ‘Horticultural Revolution’
- Chapter 4 Grafting Glory
- Chapter 5 Of Peaches and Peach Trees
- Chapter 6 Campania and Cisalpine Gaul:
- Chapter 7 Plant Dispersal and Provincial Agriculture
- Chapter 8 Viticulture versus Arboriculture
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction presents the topic of the book, its aims and type of primary material examined, discussing the problems and limitations inherent to the archaeobotanical data available. It then gives an overview of the book structure and chapter content.
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- Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome , pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022