This innovative book is the first comprehensive study of ancient
Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with
contemporary space theory. It applies a variety of
interdisciplinary methods including access analysis, literary and
gender theory to offer a critical framework for interpreting Roman
gardens as physical sites and representations.
The Roman Garden: Space, Sense, and Society examines how the
garden functioned as a conceptual, sensual and physical space in
Roman society, and its use as a vehicle of cultural communication.
Readers will learn not only about the content and development of
the Roman garden, but also how they promoted memories and
experiences. It includes a detailed original analysis of garden
terminology and concludes with three case studies on the House of
Octavius Quartio and the House of the Menander in Pompeii, Pliny's
Tuscan garden, and Caligula's Horti Lamiani in Rome.
Providing both an introduction and an advanced analysis, this is
a valuable and original addition to the growing scholarship in
ancient gardens and will complement courses on Roman history,
landscape archaeology and environmental history.
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