Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate (Ancient Environments) - Hardcover

Book 5 of 9: Ancient Environments

Fox, Andrew

 
9781350237803: Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate (Ancient Environments)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1350237809 ISBN 13: 9781350237803
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Andrew Fox is an Early Career Research Associate at the Institute of Classical Studies, and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Reading, UK. He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham, UK. His research focuses on the role of nature in the urban environment of ancient Rome, combining literature, art, and archaeology to understand the city as a whole. He has given several public and academic lectures on ancient literature, art, and history.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1350237809
ISBN 13 
9781350237803
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
204

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