Roman gardens

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Roman gardens (Latin: horti) were inspired by Greek gardens and ornamental horticulture became highly developed during the development of Roman civilisation. The administrators of the Roman Empire (c.100 BC - AD 500) actively exchanged information on agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, hydraulics, and botany. Seeds and plants were widely shared. The Gardens of Lucullus (Horti Lucullani) on the Pincian Hill on the edge of Rome introduced the Persian garden to Europe, about 60 BC. The garden was a place of peace and tranquility, a refuge from urban life, and was invested with religious and symbolic meanings.

[edit] See also

• History of gardening
• Gardens of Sallust
• Byzantine gardens

[edit] External links

• Marie-Luise Gothein on the gardens of the Roman world