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Trees in Ancient Rome

- Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate
Af: Dr Andrew Fox Engelsk Hardback

Trees in Ancient Rome

- Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate
Af: Dr Andrew Fox Engelsk Hardback
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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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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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9781350237803
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1350237809
Kategori: Ancient Rome
Udg. Dato: 10 aug 2023
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 163mm
Højde: 241mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 10 aug 2023
Forfatter(e): Dr Andrew Fox
Forfatter(e) Dr Andrew Fox

Kategori Ancient Rome

ISBN-13 9781350237803

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 208

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 163mm

Højde 241mm

Udg. Dato 10 aug 2023

Oplagsdato 10 aug 2023

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC