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Flowers from Pompeii
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03-01-2013, 08:02 AM
Does anyone know what type of flowers were grown in ancient Pompeii?
Joshua B. Davis
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus Optio Centuriae Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus [url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url] "Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda 
03-01-2013, 05:00 PM
Salvete!
The booklet 'Roman gardens and their plants' from Claire Ryley will give you a good start on this topic. (ISBN 0904973166). It has an extensive list of plants and their uses, aswell as a list of native and Roman plants. I have several other publications on Roman gardens but they are all in Italian, so if interested, I will post them too. Valete, Fortvnata.
Fortvnata Fabia
a.k.a. Katleen Fabian-Vandenbranden LEG VI VIC COH VI ASTVR I. Roemercohorte Opladen e.V. 
03-01-2013, 10:04 PM
Hoi Katleen! :grin:
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12) 
03-01-2013, 11:09 PM
Hello Joshua,
You might want to check out: "The Garden of Hercules at Pompeii" (II.viii.6): The Discovery of a Commercial Flower Garden Wilhelmina F. Jashemski American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 83, No. 4 (Oct., 1979), pp. 403-411 I can copy it for you and email it to you. Jashemski has written fairly extensively on Pompeian gardens and agriculture. I encourage you to check out her other publications, such as The Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the Villas Destroyed by Vesuvius. Best, Lucianus
L.E. Pearson
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